scholarly journals Globalization and Multiculturalism: Defining the New Universalism in Selected Texts of Samuel Selvon, V. S. Naipaul and Anita Desai

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-184
Author(s):  
Sarah Anyang Agbor
Keyword(s):  
Anita Desai ◽  
Samuel Selvon

Traduire l’hybridité littéraire

Target ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Buzelin
Keyword(s):  
Samuel Selvon ◽  
Traduction Litteraire

Si l’hétérolinguisme littéraire est aujourd’hui une chose reconnue et un phénomène amplement étudié par les critiques, les défis qu’implique la traduction, au sens le plus concret, de cette esthétique ont été encore peu abordés. Cet article tente d’apporter une contribution dans ce sens. Fondé sur un cas particulier, ma tentative de traduire en français The lonely Londoners, roman de l’écrivain indo-trinidadien Samuel Selvon, il interroge les enjeux esthétiques et éthiques de la pratique de la traduction littéraire dans un contexte minoritaire et un paradigme interprétatif fondé sur la valorisation de l’hybridité linguistique et culturelle des œuvres. Cette étude débouche sur une critique des positions défendues par Antoine Berman et Lawrence Venuti. Elle vise plus particulièrement à souligner que la traduction de l’hybridité linguistique dans le littéraire soulève des questions et exige des prises de position allant bien au-delà du choix entre le travail sur la lettre/foreignizing ou la traduction ethnocentrique/domesticating. Pour les traductologues, l’étude de ces phénomènes littéraires invite à concevoir le processus de traduction selon une perspective moins binaire et à repluser de la notion même de sujet traduisant.

scholarly journals RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE AND STRUGGLES OF WOMEN: AN ECOFEMINIST READING OF ANITA DESAI’S NOVELS: FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS SUMMER?

2017 ◽  
pp. 289-297
Author(s):  
Anjali Parmar ◽  
Ami Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Close Reading ◽  
Anita Desai ◽  
Human Race ◽  
Equal Share ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Living Things ◽  
The World

This research article glances in a few words at the concept of ecofeminism and the interconnectedness of woman and nature and their struggle. Earth belongs to all creatures on this planet so human has to share equally with them. All living things on earth have equal share on each and everything on this planet between them, But for the game called survival, human is destroying other things for their own benefits only. Since humanity is inseparable from nature, it is necessary to live in harmony to save the human race as well as the world from the damage and destructions which that demands the need of co existence. It is not only a movement but philosophies. Anita Desai is deeply fascinated by ecofeminism perception and through her novels she is trying to lead her readers to believe that nature and woman are resolving tools to the universal problems arising in today’s scenario. Through the close reading of Desai’s novel, I have explored the concept of ecofeminism. The present paper tries to reveal the features of ecofeminism through the portrayal of characters- Nanda Kaul and Sita in the Fire on The Mountain and Where shall We go This Summer? Respectively.

scholarly journals Space and Identity of Women in Indian English Writings

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Dr. Abha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Bharati Mukherjee ◽  
Anita Desai ◽  
True Self ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Traditional Image

The women’s studies have been receiving increasing academic and disciplinary recognition throughout the globe. The writers are determined to narrate, respond and react to the place of women in society. The purpose of the present paper is to redefine the image of women in post colonial Indian English literature. The post colonial Indian English writers focus on major issues relating to woman such as her awakening to the realization of her individuality, her breaking away with the traditional image. The transformation of the idealized women into an assertive self willed woman, searching and discovering her true self is described by various Indian Writers like Anita Desai, Sashi Deshpande, Nayantara Sahgal, Bharati Mukherjee, Kamla Markandaya, Manju Kapoor and many others have depicted females who are not silent sufferers but have learnt to fight against injustice and humiliation.  

scholarly journals Hybridization in Economic Activities in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 865
Author(s):  
Tingxuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Samuel Selvon

Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is a representative writer in Caribbean literature. His Moses trilogy is famous for the preoccupation with issues of identity. My paper employs Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity to construct the identification of Creoles’. From the perspective of economic, The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending deal with the fractured and disjointed economic activities on the Londoners and Moses’ economic life, which cover from general economic life to personal economic behavior. The hybridization of economic activities helps Creoles walk out of the tough period and be able to support themselves. It is an effective way for them to be free from colonization economically.

scholarly journals Analysis of Psychological and Verbal Pattern of Female Protagonists in Anita Desai's Fiction

2019 ◽  
pp. 306-310
Author(s):  
Dr. Pinky
Keyword(s):  
Anita Desai ◽  
Psychological Disturbance ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Human Psyche

Anita Desai likes to reach the depth of human psyche. Anita Desai discards the traditional, worn out eternal realism and dives deep into the minds of her protagonists to examine the values and principles that they live by. Even when she probes man’s relationship with his socials milieu, her stress falls on her characters’ private instincts and intuitions, feelings and emotions. All her characters are shown on one hand struggling with the changed realities of Indian life. In their neurotic condition they fail to adjust themselves to the harsh realities of life and they react aggressively and sometimes they don’t react and agree to strike a compromise with their situation after getting no other way. But both situations cause psychological disturbance and this is the case with Anita Desai’s protagonists.

Hybridization in Political Civilization in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1006
Author(s):  
Tingxuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Samuel Selvon ◽  
Different Cultures

Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is a great pioneer in Creole literature. His writing in the Moses trilogy is very representative because of his preoccupation with issues of identity and culture. The Lonely Londoners, published in 1956, and Moses Ascending, published in 1975, are two of them. These two books telling Creole immigrants’ story have been recognized as a great masterpiece in Caribbean literature, which have a far-reaching influence on postcolonial literature. This thesis attempts to employ Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity to illustrate the Creoles’ struggle against colonization and the construction of political hybridity. The thesis consists of three parts. Part One is Introduction, which presents a short introduction to the author Samuel Selvon, his two works, the theoretical framework. Part Two depicts the process of the Creoles’ struggle against colonization in political civilization. In the aspect of politics, the Creoles experience the process from unawareness of politics to pursuing their political dream. They attempt to construct their own political system on the basis of the British mode. Part Three is Conclusion. Based on the above analyses, the thesis draws the conclusion that different cultures can influence each other. The effective way to realize decolonization is the construction of political hybridity.

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