countries in Africa, the experience of colonialism plays an important role in the process of understanding their history. Postcolonial studies critically analyze the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized, which is based on basically two things – knowledge and power. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe once wrote that the time and place in which he was raised was “a strongly multiethnic, multilingual, multi-religious, somewhat chaotic colonial situation” (Education 39). No better words could
alertness of readers, but the study of reception has undergone a great deal of recent appreciation. First, critics say, reception often reduces a complex solid network of cultural practices and relationships to interpretations that depend on one or two determining factors like race or gender. Second, the question of supremacy and resistance, scholars tend to romanticize readers’ responses as proof of independent creativity or resistance. Third, audience research makes falsely trustworthy claims and
previous decades from a post-colonial perspective which exposes their partial representation of India and the Indian colonial experience. In relation to this, Pakistani and Indian authors like Kamila Shamsie and Bali Rai in A God in Every Stone and City of Ghosts respectively in their recent works of historical fiction have tried to re-explore the Indian colonial experience. Through means of my thesis I aim to explore the reason these Indo-Pakistani writers have chosen to set their plots in India’s
and detailed account of the story. It prioritizes the analysis of personal spirit to society. It puts forward the anti-morals. Writers such as Freud see the love, regret and fear emerging from human’s unsatisfied physical and sexual
A study on the recurring elements and sub-genres of science fiction literature Introduction Science Fiction is a literary genre that deals with imaginative writing and incorporates elements that originate from science or scientific rudiments. It belongs to the category of speculative fiction and usually explores the impact of science and technology on the society. Science fiction has been a major literary genre consisting of various sub-genres and themes within it. A complete and inclusive definition
between Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Jhumpa Lahiri While the previous chapter of the thesis engages with an understanding of the second generation diaspora, writer Jumpha Lahiri in this chapter draws us to a comparitive analysis of two imagined worlds represented by the two authors Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Jhumpa Lahiri. The twenty first century or the new millennium is a witness to an increasing movement of people from India to the new world of the United States of America. In such a scenario