Indian Writing in English: Critical Ruminations Vol. II is the collection of some scholarly papers contributed by different scholars and teachers of English. The papers evaluate critically some poets, novelists and dramatists of Indian Writing in English. The writers discussed in this anthology are R.n. Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, M.R. Anand, Bhabani Bhattacharya, R.P. Jhabavala, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Arundhati Roy, Vikram Seth, Manju Kapur, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Dattani, Nissim Ezekile and B.S. Naikar. The last two papers deal with the Muslim Women Feminist Writing and the dalit feminism of Indian English literature.
About Author :
Dr. Amar Nath Prasad teaches English at Jagdam Collge (J.P. University) Chapra (Bihar). He is an author and editor of several books of English Literature. He has authored three books, co-authored two books and edited and co-edited more than a dozen books.
Dr. S. John Petter Joseph teaches English at St. Xavier's College, an autonomous College ( nationally assessed and accredited with Five Stars by U.G.C.) at Palayamkottai in the district of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. He has to his credit several scholarly papers published in different books and journals. He has attended and presented papers in different seminars and conferences.
Contents :
Preface
Tagtore's Fruit Gathering: A Work of Symblic Exuberances
An Introduction to Rabindranath Tagore
Sri Aurobindo's Eric: A Critical Appraisal
Optimistic View of Death in the Novels of Mulk Raj Anand
Victim Consciosuness in The Early Novels of Mulk Raj Anand
Riding the Tiger of Deceit: A Study of Kalo's Character
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Fictions A New Dominion and Heat and Dust: A Study of the Impact of Post-Colonialism
Dialectics of Society and Self in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's The Nature of Passion
Tradition versus Modernity: A Consideration of Kamala Markandaya's Two Virgins
Dialectics of Society and Self in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya's Possession
The Existential Vision in the Noveles of Anita Desai
The Binding Vine
Plural Voices of Marginality in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
Linguistics Inventiveness in The God of Small Things
An Equal Music: A Melancholy Medley
Portrayal of a New Woman: A Study of Manu Kapur's A Married Women
The Symphony of Darkness and a Dark Romance: Ghasiram Kotwal and Hayavadana
Mahesh Dattani's Where There's a Will: Exorcising the Patriarchal Code
Vignettes of Indian Life: An Analysis of the Selected Poems of Nissim Ezekiel
Sangya-Balya: Betrayal: A Folk Tragedy
Emerging From the Veil: A Study of Selected Muslim Women's Feminist Writing from the Indian Subcontinent
Dalit Feminism: A Psycho-Social Analysis of Indian English Literature
