Jamal Academic Research Journal : An Interdisciplinary

Postcolonial perspectives on Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

A. Dhayalalakshmi, A. Rahila Banu — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Suzanna Arundhati Roy, born in 1959 is one of the best-known representatives of the contemporary generation of Indian writers who write in English. This paper focuses on the main theme of the novel deals with the feminism, untouchability in postcolonial perspective. This paper focuses on women facing the various problem brings awareness of the caste system prevailing in the society. It also includes local realism, cultural complexity and also the identity issues. It implies the punishment for their transgressions.

Prediction of cyberpunk in the Utopian vision of Isaacasimov

H. Nazeela Begam, S.Shobana — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This paper concentrates on cyberpunk and its intense impacts on society. It also considers the suppressing supremacy and overpowering of technology in the future generations which can be seen obviously in the works of Isaac Asimov. Undoubtedly, Asimov was an eminent figure in the field of robotics and the science fiction genre who was considered to be one of the ‘Big Three’ science fiction writers. He was not only a writer but also a professor of biochemistry at Boston University. His predictions regarding the future in his book \textit{Earth is Room Enough }(1957) will indeed come true as we are facing situations where there is a rapid increase in dependency on technology and artificial intelligence. The short story \textit{The Fun They Had }(1951) was periodically set in the year 2157 wherein he presented the lives of two young children Margie and Tommy, and their strained relationship with the mechanical teacher.

Tribulations Faced by Women Characters Migration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

A.Sidhiga Shafrin, A.Famitha Banu — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian Writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction. She was influenced by the writings of Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, Enid Blyton, Camara Laye. One of her popular novels Americanah (2013) in which the protagonist Iflemelu plays a vital role in her portrayal of identity, race, and love. Americanah is an exploration of the intersections between race, identity and love. The novel explores into the life of Iflemelu a Nigerian woman who immigrate to the United States where she struggles with issues of race and identity. The author skillfully addresses the difficulty of race and identity, shedding light on immigrant experience and the challenges faced by them.

Psychological Transformation of the protagonist in Anita Nair’s “The Better Man”.

S.P.Aadhithya, M. Kumaran — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Anita Nair’s The better man explores the theme of how characters navigate personal growth challenging social norms.It also deals with the themes like love , identity , and self- discovery . The novel explores the complications in human relationships and social expatriations. Additionally it touches up on the relationship between a dominating father and fearful son and the impact of choices on one’s life.

Sylvia Plath Effect in Trauma Narrative in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar

Abinaya Aranganathan — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This research paper intents to focus on the trauma narrative of the woman in America who endure various mental struggles and through which many scientific theories are applied like serotonin theory, Theory of suicide, Mental health theories. This is also the scrutinization of Psychoanalytical Criticism. This manifest the so called ‘Sylvia Plath effect’ the term which was termed in the year 2001 by psychologist James C. Kaufman, which says about the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers. The patriarchal notion upon woman and the conventional lifestyle which the protagonist was against and thoughts about her future all are esmplasted in the novel. The protagonist thinks that anyway she is going to get her mental illness again at anytime and the bell jar could fall upon her. The mission of this research paper is to tell that Sylvia’s character Esther Greenwood overcomes mental illness and lead her life in a healthy way since the ending is given in the hands of readers as a open end. Unlike Sylvia’s life her character got a life at the end.