The Drishti:the Sight invites research papers for its May 2023 Issue (Vol. XII, Issue I). There will be no common focus area for writing articles for this issue. Authors may send articles on a topic in any of the areas of English Literature, Assamese Literature, Folklore, Culture. Authors are requested to read the Call for […]
News
Focus Area for November 2022 Issue
LITERARY/CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF SILENCE -and- SILENCE AS LITERARY / CULTURAL DEVICE “And the rest is silence…” (Shakespeare) Many times, art in its appeal holds its forte by deliverance of something like silence. The artist/author thus makes a serious use of silence in her /his work. Many times, silence speaks louder than words. There are effects […]
Focus Area for May 2022 Issue
Literature and film have an affiliation since the early years of cinema as filmmakers and scriptwriters adapted or were inspired by mythology, drama, poetry or biblical stories. Although they are two distinct mediums of representation, their associations lie in methodology and object of study. Film can be read following theories like Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Postcolonialism, […]
Focus Area for November 2021 Issue
Gender And Its Representation In Literature And Popular Culture Gender has been an issue, inextricably related in various forms to literature and popular culture. Gender as a cultural concept cuts across the traditional notion of a ‘man’ or a ‘woman’. It has rather encompassed all kinds of human existence. In the post modern era, gender […]