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Wolves and Women: Rereading Angela Carter’s Wolf Trilogy from a Zoocritical Perspective Dr. Aditi Chatterjee Assistant Professor of English Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), Bangalore Abstract: Angela Carter’s renowned short story collection, The Bloody Chamber is a feminist retelling of popular European fairy tales. The “wolf trilogy” in this collection not only challenges the prevalent misogynist stereotypes but also problematizes the...
History through Autobiography: Militant Revolutionism in the Colonial Brahmaputra Valley (1930–42): A Historical Account SAURABH SAIKIA Doctoral Researcher Department of History Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam ORCID ID: 0009-0004-5480-727X DR PRITHIRAJ BORAH Assistant Professor of Sociology Department of Law NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Telangana ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0376-0860-8605 Abstract: While nationalist historiography...
Blood and Burden: Menstrual Stigma and Intellectual Disability in Aparna Singh’s “Death Wish” GOWRI SREENIVAS Research Scholar Department of English Maharaja’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam DR. REKHA KARIM Associate Professor of English Maharaja’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam Abstract: This paper examines the intersection of intellectual disability and menstrual stigma in Aparna Singh’s “Death Wish,” a chapter from the short...
Redefining Neurological Deficit: A Comparative Reading of Memoirs of an ADHD Mind: God Was a Genius in the Way He Made Me and You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! AISWARYA S Assistant Professor Department of English SVR NSS College, Vazhoor Part-time Research Scholar Institute of English, University of Kerala DR JYOTHY C. R. Assistant Professor Department of English NSS College, Pandalam, Kerala Abstract: This paper undertakes a...
Narrating Estrangement: Exile, Memory, and the Politics of Home in The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (2016) SERDZHAN IBRYAM HASAN Research Master’s in Literary Studies University of Amsterdam, Netherlands sercanibrahiim@gmail.com Abstract: Hisham Matar’s The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between portrays exile not merely as physical displacement, but as a continuing condition that reshapes identity, memory, and...
Body as a Site of Entanglement: Being and Becoming in Whitman’s “Song of Myself” DEBOSREE MANNA Independent Research Scholar Abstract: Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” situates itself in the American literary canon as one of the most widely debated and philosophically radical poems. Its celebratory address to the self, the body, and its possible inferences has invited sustained critical attention from diverse literary traditions. The...
Visualizing Resilience: Disability, Trauma, and Agency in Sriram Jagannath’s Mai: A Graphic Novel (2018) MS. NOBLE A. PALIATH Assistant Professor Department of English Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Chalakudy Affiliated to the University of Calicut Part-time Research Scholar Department of English Vimala College (Autonomous), Thrissur Abstract: This paper examines the visual and narrative construction of resilience in Sriram Jagannath’s...
Mourning a Child: Trauma, Gender, and Marital Breakdown in Robert Frost’s “Home Burial” and Jhumpa Lahiri’s “A Temporary Matter” DR. ARCHANA V. Assistant Professor Department of English Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur archana.skvc@gmail.com Abstract: The loss of a child constitutes one of the most devastating forms of human grief, often disrupting not only individual identity but also the emotional foundations of intimate...
Narrating Endometriosis and Medical Neglect in What’s Wrong? Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine by Erin Williams CHELLAPRIYA S Research Scholar Department of English Studies Central University of Tamil Nadu chellapriyas24@students.cutn.ac.in DR. B.J. GEETHA Professor of English Studies Central University of Tamil Nadu geethabj@cutn.ac.in Abstract: Endometriosis, despite its global prevalence, continues to be characterized by...
Frail Bodies and Fierce Minds: Female Resilience and the Politics of Sickness in Austen's Women RUSHDA ELAHI Postgraduate Student Aliah University, Kolkata Abstract: Illness in Jane Austen's novels functions as a mirror reflecting the gendered, social and moral aspects of women's lives in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England. Austen reimagines frailty as a site of intellectual and moral resilience through her nuanced...