Sapna Kumari PhD scholar, Department of English, University Of Delhi ([email protected]) Abstract Maya Angelou, a feminist, a poet, and a writer of autobiographies, is widely known for her empowering and liberating works. She lived through the times in America when women fought for rights beyond household. They fought for equal right and equal pay, marriage […]
Author: Drishti: the Sight
Medical Humanities and Contemporary Literary Practices
Dr. Prasenjit Das Dept. of English, K.K.Handique State Open University [email protected] Abstract Septimus Warren Smith in Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway committed suicide by jumping down from the window. He was mentally and emotionally devastated by the experiences in World War I. Through a character like Septimus, Woolf, back in 1922, was not only providing […]
Hamnet and Narrative Hygiene: Retelling a Life
Anindita Kar Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Bapujee College ([email protected]) Abstract This paper examines the trauma left behind by the death of Shakespeare’s son Hamnet as explored in the recently published book Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell. Because of the timing of its publication, March 2020, readers can relate to the book, and empathise with […]
Trauma of the Displaced in Herta Muller’s The Passport and Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone
Dr. Chitra.V. S Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Mahatma Gandhi College (University of Kerala) ([email protected]) Abstract Literature offers a fertile soil for depicting the feelings of displacementgenerating psychological aberrations of trauma. Inthis sense, the term trauma of displacement offers a new perspective. Undoubtedly, the imprints of trauma in the displaced is irrevocable and creates a […]