Paradigm Shift in Indian English Literature: From Local to Global

by Dr. Malti Agarwal, Dr. Beena Agarwal

Overview

The volume "Paradigm Shift in Indian English Literature : From Local to Global" presents a comprehensive range of the dimensions and commitments of the stream of Indian English Literature covering a wide range of issues like feminism, nationalism, post-colonialism, postmodernism, gender dynamics, Dalit consciousness and eco-centric approaches to literature. Its highlights are : Historicism in Bharati Mukherjee's A Holder of World. Eco-consciousness in the writings of women Spectrum of child sensibility in the writings of Mulk Raj Anand Deconstruction of patriarchal conventions Nexus of political and sexual colonialism in The Inheritance of Loss. Immigrant perspectives in the writings of Bapsi Sidhwa, Jhumpa Lahiri and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Feminine consciousness in the writings of Kamala Das, Suiata Bhatt, Namita Gokhale, Manju Kapoor, Shashi Deshpande, Nayantara Sehgal. Dalit consciousness in the New Millennium Indian consciousness in Arvind Adiga and V.S. Naipaul Cyber feminism : Concept and Ideology Post-colonial studies : A Literary Survey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789385484544
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	306
File size:	640 KB

About the Author

Dr. Maki Agarwal {M.A. (English), Gold Medallist, M.Ed., Silver Medallist, Ph.D. }, is working as Reader and Head Department of English in N.A.S. College, Meerut. She has been teaching English in N.A.S. College for last 37 years. She has authored several books such as Professional Communication, Objective English for Competitions, Communication Lab and Remedial English Language. Besides, she has edited three anthologies New Perspectives in Indian English Writings, English Literature: Voice of Indian Diaspora and Redefining the Self: Women in Post-colonial Indian English Writings (In Press). She has successfully guided more than a dozen research scholars and has published a good number of research papers in national and international journals.
Dr. Beena Agarwal is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies, D.S. College, Aligarh. She has to her credit several articles and research papers published in the leading research journals and anthologies published in India. She has also to her credit a critical comprehensive study of the plays of Tagore entitled The Plays of Rabindranath Tagore: A Thematic Study. Her second book, published in 2008 is the first full length indepth study of the plays of Mahesh Dattani entitles Mahesh Dattani: A New Horizons in Indian Theatre. The detail study of the novels and short stories of Shashi Deshpande entitled Mosaic of the Fictional World of Shashi Deshpande came out in 2009. Beside, she has also authored the books Women Writers and Indian Diaspora, Contextualizing Dalit Consciousness in Indian English Literature and Paradigm Shift in Indian English Literature from Local to Global. Several research scholars have completed their projects and thesis for M.Phil. and Ph.D. under her supervision. Her areas of interest are Indian English Literature, Gender Studies, Indian Diaspora, Post Colonial Studies and Dalit Literature.