scholarly journals INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF WOMAN AND NATURE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WOMAN CHARACTER NANDA KAUL IN ANITA DESAI’S FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

2018 ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Anjali Parmar ◽  
Ami Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Indian Literature ◽  
Anita Desai ◽  
Arundhati Roy ◽  
Woman Character ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
Kamala Markandaya ◽  
Indian Writing In English ◽  
Indian Scenario

The paper focuses on the changing trends in Indian writing in English with special reference to Anita Desai. During the seventy years of its effective history Indian writing in English crossed many milestones and has come to be finally accepted as a major literature of the world. A new group of writers have arrived on the Indian scenario, for example - Anita Desai, Chaman Nahal, Kamala Markandaya, Arun Joshi,Dina Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Shobha De, Vandana Shiva, and the Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy and many more in list. Here I would like to focus on the new trend in Indian literature and that is ecofeminism as well as her portyal of woman characters in that context. A close reading of Anita Desai and her novels makes us aware of her novel is related to her own experiences and the reality. Attention on this work is focused on the life of Anita Desai, her interest in ecofeminism and how she is influenced by social, economic, political and cultural problems of her age.

scholarly journals The Chutnification of English in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: A Stylistic Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Deepa Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Indian Writing In English ◽  
Midnight's Children ◽  
Hybrid Culture

Salman Rushdie has been lauded for his energising use of language. In Indian writing in English, Rushdie is generally accepted as an initiator and catalyst of a style that saw English being used imaginatively and with ease. Rushdie’s use of the expression “chutnification” epitomizes his use of language in the novels, with special reference to Midnight’s Children. The process of chutnification of English provides a tasty flavour to Rushdie’s works, which is obviously made possible through the abundant blending of Hindi and Urdu words with English, thereby reflecting India’s hybrid culture. The present paper proposes to make a comprehensive attempt to scrutinise the linguistic experiments conducted by Rushdie in this novel. An examination of the language of Midnight’s Children within the ambit of Stylistics, will yield a rich dividend, and an analysis and a study of this kind will add new insights to the novel.

scholarly journals A Feast of Senses: Rhetorical Devices in the Prose of Salman Rushdie. With Special Reference to Metaphors and Adverbs.

Nordlit ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toril Swan
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
Rhetorical Devices ◽  
The Subject

The paper analyzes Rushdie's rhetorical use of adverbials and metaphors, in particular his rhetorical use of adverbials.  The adverbs in question function rhetorically in three, partly overlapping ways. They are frequently metaphorical, and even if strictly literal (i.e. concrete), convey images and sense forms. Secondly, the linking and focusing function of the adverbs is an effective rhetorical device, as prototypical adverb use - focus on or specification of verbal actions and activities - is transformed into a focus on or specification of the subject, while the adverb form (the -ly suffix) ensures a simultaneous link to the verbal action. Finally, Rushdie's adverbs function rhetorically as abbreviated propositions. This use of adverbs is in particular a property of English, and Rushdie exploits it elegantly. 

scholarly journals Woman, Genealogy, History: Deconstructions of Family and Nation in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines and Manju Kapur’s Diffi cult Daughters

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Elena Martos Hueso
Keyword(s):  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Indian Literature ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Amitav Ghosh ◽  
Diffi Cult ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Midnight's Children ◽  
History Of ◽  
Posterior Division

Abstract:Since the publication of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, the recent history of Indian Literature in English has been characterised by a growing interest in rewriting the history of India from an angle diametrically opposed to that of official historiography. Taking as a starting point Foucault’s concept of Nietzschean genealogy, which emphasises the value of microhistory and interrogates the function of narrative linearity in historiographic practices, this paper analyses two analogous Indian English novels based on the independence and subsequent partition of the Indian subcontinent: The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh and Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur. It mainly focuses on the deconstruction of the nationalist myth, where women and motherhood lay at the centre of the gestation and birth of the new nation.Keywords: Amitav Ghosh, Manju Kapur, The Shadow Lines, Diffi cult Daughters, history, genealogy, women, Indian Literature in English.Resumen:Desde la publicación de Midnight’s Children de Salman Rushdie, la historia reciente de la novela india en lengua inglesa se ha visto marcada por un interés creciente en reescribir la historia de la India desde un ángulo diametralmente opuesto al de la historiografía oficial. Partiendo del concepto de la genealogía nietzscheana de Foucault, que enfatiza el valor de la microhistoria y cuestiona la linealidad narrativa de la práctica historiográfica, este estudio analiza dos obras de inquietante paralelismo basadas en la independencia y posterior división del subcontinente indio: The Shadow Lines de Amitav Ghosh y Difficult Daughters de Manju Kapur. Se centra principalmente en la deconstrucción de los mitos nacionalistas, donde la mujer y la maternidad se convierten en foco de toda una alegoría en torno a la gestación y nacimiento de la nueva nación.Palabras clave: Amitav Ghosh, Manju Kapur, The Shadow Lines, Difficult Daughters, historia, genealogía, mujeres, literatura india en lengua inglesa.

scholarly journals Conjugal Strife in Anita Desai's “Cry, The Peacock”

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Mallavarapu Jhansi ◽  
Dr Madupalli Sureshkumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Contemporary Fiction ◽  
Anita Desai ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
The Family ◽  
Indian Writing In English ◽  
Women In India

Marriage is a supposedly sacrosanct establishment in each community. It is the perceived social organization for building up and keeping up the family as well as for making and supporting the ties of connection. Conjugal disharmony is characterized as a battle between individuals with contradicting needs, thoughts, convictions, qualities, or goals. The disharmonized character's quest for satisfaction is a typical theme in contemporary fiction. Anita Desai is considered an authority on uncovering the issue of present-day women in India. She is increasingly worried about the inward situation of her estranged protagonist in the modern, patriarchal society. In her novels, she has depicted the man-lady relationship and the untold sufferings of ladies out of the connubial disharmony. Desai's novel Cry, the Peacock is considered as the initial phase toward mental fiction in Indian writing in English. This paper talks about the connubial disharmony between Maya and Gautama and its outcomes in Anita Desai's Cry, the Peacock.

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