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{"title":"Study of Diaspora Elements in Sunetra Gupta’s Novels","authors":"Prof. Dr. Shitalbhau A. Tayade","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.29","url":null,"abstract":"The Diaspora is a key element of colonialism because millions of people habitually travelled to industrialized nations in search of better opportunities overseas. Themes of transformation, alienation, loneliness, and self-discovery are prevalent in the novels written by diasporic authors. Whether you leave your own country deliberately or are forced to, it can be distressing. Authors of diasporic ancestry do a fantastic job of capturing the emotional and physical suffering that their heroes go through when they relocate. People from the diaspora are emotionally and physically cut off from their home country and the rest of the globe despite being crowned, projected, known, and adored in their new community. Sunetra Gupta, an experienced member of the Indian diaspora, looks at how immigrants do in the United States. Most diasporic authors' books deal with themes of change, Characters find tranquilly by staying in their own country in a Sunetra Gupta's novels. They are overjoyed and satisfied because their prior encounters have left them with positive and lasting impressions. This essay makes an attempt to describe and evaluate the problems and experience in her Memories of Rain and A Sin of Color. Examining Sunetra Gupta's works reveals how the West is beginning to recognize migrant Indians as well as how this diasporic Indian adjusts to such a shifting plane of recognition through the never-ending process of re- creation.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"167 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135261870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nordau’s warning- Aesthetics under siege","authors":"Sumedha Manhas","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.30","url":null,"abstract":"This research paper delves into the contrasting ideologies of Max Nordau, a prominent critic of the 19th century, and Oscar Wilde, a renowned aesthete and playwright, in the context of late Victorian society. Nordau's theory of degeneration, which condemned deviations from societal norms as signs of cultural decay, is analyzed alongside Wilde's deliberate embrace of excess, maximalism, and aestheticism. By juxtaposing Nordau's conservative views against Wilde's avant-garde approach, this paper explores how Wilde's subversion of Victorian beauty standards challenged prevailing notions of aesthetics, morality, and individuality. Through an in-depth examination of Wilde's works and Nordau's critiques, this research sheds light on the intellectual and artistic tension of the era, highlighting the clash between traditional values and emerging avant-garde movements.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135262134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating the Socio-Economic Status of Beggars in Indian Cities","authors":"Zikra Mehjabin","doi":"10.22161/ijels.86.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.86.4","url":null,"abstract":"This research delves deeply into the intricate socio-economic conditions faced by urban beggars in India, employing a combination of qualitative and deductive research methodologies. Through a carefully chosen purposive sampling approach, the data collection process involves an exhaustive examination of secondary sources, which illuminates the deeply marginalised status endured by beggars. According to the 2011 Census, the number of beggars across the nation exceeds a staggering 400,000, with West Bengal bearing the highest burden. The empirical analysis presented in this study underscores a disturbing trend of an ever-widening socio-economic gap, further exacerbated by factors such as soaring unemployment rates, widespread illiteracy, and the economic downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. This confluence of challenges has created an even more precarious environment for India's beggars. Of particular concern is the discord between different legislations that criminalise the act of begging and the government's initiatives, notably \"SMILE,\" which promises collaborative efforts between authorities and civil society to reshape the socio-economic landscape for India's beggars. This contradiction reflects the complex and multifaceted nature of the issue at hand. India's beggars, as revealed in this study, face a deeply entrenched predicament. The social and economic forces working against them are formidable, with the already vulnerable group suffering the most. High unemployment rates, limited access to education, and the economic fallout from the pandemic have compounded their struggles, pushing them further into the margins of society. On a more optimistic note, the study highlights the potential for change and improvement through collaborative endeavours like \"SMILE.\" These government-led initiatives, working in tandem with the involvement of civil society, offer a ray of hope in reshaping the socio-economic landscape for beggars. By bridging the gap between punitive legislation and supportive programs, there is potential for meaningful change, ensuring a more equitable future for India's beggar population. This research serves as a critical resource for those seeking to understand and address the complex challenges faced by this vulnerable demographic.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135758590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Factors Affecting the Growth and Development of Maize Crops (Zea Mays L) in Adiankoting Sipoholon and Paranginan Districts","authors":"Nixson Panjaitan, Saudur Simangunsong, Lambok Simatupang, Weslyh Purba","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.2","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the relationship between motivation and International Posture among Chinese college students learning English. Examining the Ideal Self, Ought-to Self, Learning Experience, and four aspects of International Posture, the research reveals distinct patterns. Students display stronger motivation when aligned with their ideal language self but are less motivated by external pressures and classroom experience. While showing moderate interest in international activities, they express less enthusiasm for inter-group interactions. Notably, a significant and positive correlation exists between motivation and international posture. These findings emphasize the need to cultivate intrinsic motivation and enhance international engagement within language education, empowering students for effective global communication.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135402151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Representation of Family as a Social Unit in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Mohan Rakesh’s Aadhe Adhure","authors":"Saumya Verma, Dr Manjari Johri","doi":"10.22161/ijels.86.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.86.1","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper entails a study of family as a social unit. The research highlights the effects of socio-economic as well as cultural and political factors on the institution of family. The concept of family has been explored through Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1948) and Mohan Rakesh’s Aadhe Adhure (1969). The texts belong to two different geographical and cultural set-ups and portray two distinct timelines. The former text has been studied in the context of the failure of the American Dream and the latter in relation to the post-independence Indian disillusionment. This study aims to examine the impact of socio-political and economic context on the functioning of a family and seeks to identify the factors that influence familial relationships and affect the coherence of the institution.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"153 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135507933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Malala Yousafzai: A Progressive Voice for Progressive Society","authors":"Dr. Mohinderpal Kaur","doi":"10.22161/ijels.86.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.86.2","url":null,"abstract":"This paper seeks to suggest that Malala Yousafzai, despite being born and brought up in Swat, a small valley which is part of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), proved to be an emissary of education for women and hence of their empowerment with sheer grit and courage in the face of multiple threats. The paper also attempts to understand that in her autobiography, Malala’s voice gives a clear assurance of the promotion of gender equality. It has already been established that she strived to find a place of independence and liberation amidst a male-privileged society. Malala Yousafzai’s act of writing blogs and challenging the Taliban has promoted the slogan “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world”(UNESCO Speech) and it has become the slogan for millions of men and women worldwide who actively work to claim their rights.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135559931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Domesticating and Reinventing Identity and Space in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine","authors":"Indrani Atul Borgohain","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.10","url":null,"abstract":"harati Mukherjee’s novel, Jasmine, discusses gender discrimination and Jasmine’s docile integration into a new culture. Mukherjee expresses the unpleasant realities of the immigrant diaspora, such as identity breakdown, homelessness, and displacement. In Indian patriarchal culture, where males are the narrators and voices are heard, women are blamed for a variety of traditions and rituals. The complicated social structure controlled by Indian patriarchal society, which may also be a significant driver of her economic well-being and therefore affect identity development, is one facet of the protagonist’s experiences. This limits the protagonist’s ability to express herself freely. Jasmine, the protagonist, challenges the concept of gender and reinvents her life to become more American by attempting to adopt a new identity in America. As Jasmine embarks on a voyage of self-discovery, each change in her personality is accompanied by a new moniker that a male character gives her. This article contends that Jasmine, the primary character, depicts a strong immigrant woman who battles marginalization in India and by mainstream white American culture and is compelled to move between identities. She bravely and tenaciously searches for a new self and identity in America until she discovers a way of living that fulfils her.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135910140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diasporic Home: Existence of Widows in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water","authors":"Indrani Atul Borgohain","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.18","url":null,"abstract":"Water, published in 2006, brings to light the contentious issues with patriarchy, widowhood, and child prostitution in India prior to the partition. This essay focuses on how widows adjust to life in Ashram, a frequently visited destination on their migratory routes. The main protagonist in the novel Water, Chuyia, is an example of an immigrant who is compelled to abandon everything connected to their own culture and adopt the new standard of living in the host community. The author provides voice to oppressed women, especially widows, and demonstrates how “husbandless” women are stigmatized and suffer heinous abuse, which causes them to feel alienated. A close illustration of the caste systems in the political and historical frameworks of the novel will be done in order to discuss the identity crisis of the diasporic character in Water. This will reveal the fundamental power relations among male-dominated heteronormative discourses that produce male dominance and make women’s dominance a suitable cultural norm. I contend that widows’ homemaking is a dynamic process that entails continual concern in connection to identity performance and adjustments in this research, rather than being a static replica of their prior houses. I use the concepts of cultural authenticity and identity development to support modern notions of the diasporic home. My study proposes a fundamental tool for analyzing widows, which is an immigrant tale, and gives a novel perspective that undermines facile associations between homemaking and established identities.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136302964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On Kitty’s Growth in The Painted Veil from the Perspective of Feminism","authors":"Song Yasi, Hou Yanfang","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.23","url":null,"abstract":"The Painted Veil, serving as one of the most famous classics of the well-known English writer, Willian Somerset Mangham, mainly aims to talk about the heroine’s awakening of self-consciousness under the society at that age. Using his own special writing style, the writer portrayed a vivid and realistic heroine---Kitty, who finally became world famous and made a significant growth in a spiritual level. In this novel, Kitty’s social and family conditions were influenced by her birthplace, marriage and specular experience. After a broken marriage and miserable love affair relationship with John, Kitty grew a lot and saw the value of life profoundly, and she longed for a freedom away from the constraint of women physically and spiritually. Under the respective of feminism, this thesis is designed to take an analysis of Kitty, the root cause of Kitty’s former position as a female, and Kitty’s hard work in the process of breaking away from the status of traditional female. This thesis includes five parts. The first part leads a generalization of the author as well as the Painted Veil. The second part is designed to generalize the development of feminism and its connotation. The third part aims to analyze the cause of Kitty’s former position, as well as the process of Kitty’s growth influenced by feminism. The fourth part explores the calling of Kitty under her cognitive growth in the influence of feminism. The fifth part is the conclusion.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135102278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Persona and Shadow: The Journey of an Anime Antihero","authors":"Miguel Carlo C. Marasigan","doi":"10.22161/ijels.85.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.85.27","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to examine the character of Yagami Light in Madhouse’s anime adaptation of the famous manga series Death Note (2006-2007). Light, the protagonist of the series, is viewed with regards to his role as an antihero despite being the hero in the anime story. He is examined through the concept of the Carl Jung’s archetypes. This paper focuses on two contradictory archetypes which are the persona and the shadow, explaining the characteristics of an antihero. Henceforth, this paper discovered about the portrayal of those archetypes along with the reflection of anti-hero characteristics performed by the protagonist. Moreover, the character and series as a whole are compared to the stages of Christopher Vogler’s Writer’s Journey (2007), while Joseph Campbell’s concepts in A Hero with a Thousand Faces (1950) are also referenced. Each stage of Vogler’s theory is examined and compared with Death Note’s narrative, exploring the similarities as well as the deviations. Light and events of the series are explored with regards to the portrayals and variations of the stages of the Hero’s Journey as derived from Vogler’s theories. Unfortunately, Light is not able to complete the journey because of his defeat, death, and failure of rebirth and resurrection.","PeriodicalId":474639,"journal":{"name":"International journal of english, literature and social science","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135105746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}