Abhijit Sarmah M Phil Scholar, Department of English, Dibrugarh University, Assam ([email protected]) Abstract As Giles Foden points out in his review, Don DeLillo’s thirteenth book The Body Artist is unlike any of the author’s previous as well as latter works (Foden). Even though much has been written about the author’s exceptional treatment of time, grief […]
Author: Drishti: the Sight
Remapping Trauma in Mythic Narratives: A Study of Surpanakha’s Story
Shruti Chakraborti Research Scholar, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani (Hyderabad Campus) [email protected] M.G. Prasuna Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani (HyderabadCampus) [email protected] Abstract The etymological meaning of the word trauma finds its source in the Greek word, Traumatikos (Abubakar 119) which refers to a serious physical injury. The severe physical […]
Focus Area for May 2021 Issue
Rewriting Mythology Mythologies, irrespective of culture and society, have played crucial role in delineating and instituting meaning, identity and patterns of life practices while making myths tangible through symbols, stories and rituals. As cultural construct and, in turn, constructors of culture, mythology and culture have intrinsic mutuality influencing customs, behavior and even ways communications. In […]
Focus Area for Nov 2020 Issue
Announcement Special focus on the subject: TRAUMA from the different perspectives and theoretical frameworks in the areas of English literature, Assamese literature, folklore and culture The literary scholars have been into a reasonably nuanced understanding of relationship between consciousness, trauma and literature/language and thus the Trauma Theory has been gaining ground amongst the literary studies. […]