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Indian Response to American Literature comprises twenty-two essays presented by member-delegates at XXXIV annual congress of the Indian Association for American Studies held at Annamalai University during December, 2001. These essays selected out of fortysix presentations, attempt to review and evaluate American Literature in the twentieth century and the new millennium, and specially focus upon the trends, tendencies and various strains in the evolution of ...
Modern Indian English fiction essays a probing leap into various facts and factors that attended the shift in focus, in Indian English fiction since independence, from the socio-politico-economic themes to the exploration of the limitless depths of agonised inner selves and various contours of human psyche. The fifteen essays in the volume focus on the primary concerns that inform the works of Indian writers—R.K. Narayan, G.V. Desani, Arun Joshi, Anita Desai, ...
Modern American Literature comprises twenty-two essays which are based on presentations made by IAAS member-delegates mainly at the annual conference at Ludhiana during March, 1999. In the themes and authors selected there is a wide range from twentieth century’s high modernism to post-modernism, voices of African-Americans (theatre), Asian-Americans (theatre and fiction), feminism and the main stream of American theatre. Recent critical concerns too have ...
Fresh Insights into Contemporary American Literature comprises Twenty-five scholarly and insightful essays and is a befitting index of the Indian scholars’ response to the ever changing scenario of American literature, culture, history and politics. It concentrates on literature, and majority of the essays cover the explosive post 1960s period in American literature. The scholarly treatises map a vast range of contemporary literature including those by the ...
Humanism is basically a philosophical outlook centered on the authority of human being as a dignified, rational being. Humanism's final court of appeal is human reason rather that any external authority. Its spirit is secular, liberal and tolerant. The humanists through their scholarship and learning registered their protest against socio-political and religious establishments. The emulation of the ancient writers is no longer a dominant force in literature but ...