Indian drama in English. Elements like songs, music, dance and themes like poverty, love, betrayal, revenge make it contemporary. Not only Indian writers, use of folk narratives have also been done by well renowned African writers. Ngugi pioneered the art form drawing the ingredients of folk culture. A Grain of Wheat, one of his novels in which he employs the oral narrative. Chinua Achebe uses the myth of Idemili in his Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Chicano Cherrie Moraga in his Heart of the Earth
definition of technology as” the science and art of getting things done through the application of skills and knowledge “. In general, the concept of technology implies a subtle mix of know-how, techniques and tools. Technology in this sense is vested in people – their knowledge, skills and routines – just as much as in the machine they use. Machines and tools are only the physical manifestation of a particular technology or technologies. The concept of technology has been given various definitions
regarding the interplay of a wide range of ideas, attitudes and values constituting the ideological framework of society. The complex connotations associated with gendered existence have always informed the production and consumption of popular works of literature and offered newer ways of perceiving and understanding the functioning of power relations within society. The present paper tries to analyse the extent to which popular fiction in India attempts to reflect the complex associations related to gender
A critical study has been carried out in the earlier chapters to explore Flannery O'Connor's fictional works with respect to the study of human relationships and the nuances of the truth-seeking concerns exemplifying interesting realities. The study recorded in this thesis illustrates that there is a repetition of retreat patterns in human relationships on the canvas of the familial, societal and spiritual altitudes. In O’Connor’s fiction, human relationships are understood to be perverted and strange