Abstract: Diaspora as a concept has drawn the attention of the scholars for a long time. In recent times, the meaning of the term has been rethought because the earlier meaning of the term associated with homelessness has been reviewed. In the past, the diasporic commu

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Abstract: The objective of this study is to re-interpret the idea of travel, represented in the postcolonial novel, as a motif that brings out the dialectic influence of neo-liberal values in defining the contemporary postcolonial subject. As a literary cannon, postcol

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Abstract: Literature is substantially influenced by ancient and modern theories of literary discourse from the age of Plato and Aristotle, all such theories have played an important role to challenge the se conventions and rules of literature; a major transition is und

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Abstract: When it comes to subjugation of women in the Indian context, patriarchal culture plays the most dominant role. Additionally post-colonial experiences also tend to thrust women physically and psychologically into further subjugation. While patriarchy works at

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Abstract: This paper is an attempt to break away from the canonical reading of George Orwell’s most celebrated essay “Shooting an Elephant” and analyze it from the perspective of post- colonial ecocriticism. Ever since its publication, “Shooting an Elephant” has been v

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Abstract: Jean-Paul Sartre argues that human beings are consisted of ‘being’ and ‘nothingness’. They do not bear, unlike nonhuman entities, any predecided meaning or purpose of existence. Rather, they play roles to fashion their ‘self’ and thereby obtain an essence of

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Abstract: Womanism, as a subset of African feminism, provides a framework for assessing the works of African female authors critically. The work of Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian female writer and author of Purple Hibiscus, is examined using Ogunyemi's womanist philoso

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