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Research Ethics: Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2023
This research paper analyses how the seamless fictional Mumbai in Such a Long Journey (1991) by R... more This research paper analyses how the seamless fictional Mumbai in Such a Long Journey (1991) by Rohinton Mistry and Love and Longing in Bombay (1997) by Vikram Chandra is created through the Oscillation of the real and imagined Mumbai. It makes a spatial inventory of the real, imagined, and generic geographical places in Mumbai and non-Mumbai places. It looks at the use of multiple Indian and foreign languages. It also does a quantitative analysis of the mentions of Indian and foreign products mobilized in the creation of the fictional Mumbai. The research paper applies the theory of Geocriticism (2007) developed by Bertrand Westphal to the two selected texts in order to understand the process of Oscillation and the consequent production of the fictional discourse on Mumbai.
Indraprasth: An International Journal of Culture and Communication Studies, 2017
The objective of this research paper is to examine the Political Representation of Mumbai in Rohi... more The objective of this research paper is to examine the Political Representation of Mumbai in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance. I have used Stuart Hall’s essay The Work of Representation as the theoretical framework for analysing the novel. I have analysed representation in the text by applying the semiotic approach to representation; by studying the contextual major political events, characters and spaces in the city as signs which are encoded by the author in the texts to construct the city of Mumbai which becomes the signifying field on which Emergency politics are played out in the novel.
The White Tiger is the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was first published in 2008... more The White Tiger is the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was first published in 2008 and won the Man Booker Prize for the same year. According to Wikipedia, the novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the main character that comes from crushing rural poverty.
who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average... more who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the creature as Frankenstein, despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic Movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films.It is arguably considered the first fully-realized science fiction novel. It has also been called the first novel of the now-popular mad scientist genre.
The author of The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory Peter.V. Zima says in the preface of his b... more The author of The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory Peter.V. Zima says in the preface of his book:
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Kathasaar: Literary Narratives and Translation, 2005
Research Ethics: Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2023
This research paper analyses how the seamless fictional Mumbai in Such a Long Journey (1991) by R... more This research paper analyses how the seamless fictional Mumbai in Such a Long Journey (1991) by Rohinton Mistry and Love and Longing in Bombay (1997) by Vikram Chandra is created through the Oscillation of the real and imagined Mumbai. It makes a spatial inventory of the real, imagined, and generic geographical places in Mumbai and non-Mumbai places. It looks at the use of multiple Indian and foreign languages. It also does a quantitative analysis of the mentions of Indian and foreign products mobilized in the creation of the fictional Mumbai. The research paper applies the theory of Geocriticism (2007) developed by Bertrand Westphal to the two selected texts in order to understand the process of Oscillation and the consequent production of the fictional discourse on Mumbai.
Indraprasth: An International Journal of Culture and Communication Studies, 2017
The objective of this research paper is to examine the Political Representation of Mumbai in Rohi... more The objective of this research paper is to examine the Political Representation of Mumbai in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance. I have used Stuart Hall’s essay The Work of Representation as the theoretical framework for analysing the novel. I have analysed representation in the text by applying the semiotic approach to representation; by studying the contextual major political events, characters and spaces in the city as signs which are encoded by the author in the texts to construct the city of Mumbai which becomes the signifying field on which Emergency politics are played out in the novel.
The White Tiger is the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was first published in 2008... more The White Tiger is the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was first published in 2008 and won the Man Booker Prize for the same year. According to Wikipedia, the novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the main character that comes from crushing rural poverty.
who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average... more who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the creature as Frankenstein, despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic Movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films.It is arguably considered the first fully-realized science fiction novel. It has also been called the first novel of the now-popular mad scientist genre.
The author of The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory Peter.V. Zima says in the preface of his b... more The author of The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory Peter.V. Zima says in the preface of his book:
Kathasaar: Literary Narratives and Translation, 2005