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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]