Social Concerns in the poems of Kamala Das " He ( the poet) is responsible for humanity‚ even for the animals‚ he must see to it that his invention can be smelt‚ felt‚ heard." ( Arthur Rimbaud) From the queen of erotica to a poetic pilgrim‚ the critical nexus on Kamala Das’s poetry has oscillated between
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CONFESSIONAL MODE IN POETRY OF KAMALA DAS Confessional mode of writing has its virtual origin in the mid50s in America. It is hybrid mode of poetry which means objective‚ analytical or even clinical observation of incidents from one’s own life. Confessional poems are intensely personal and highly subjective. There is no ‘persona’ in the poems. ‘I’ in the poems is the poet and nobody else. The themes are nakedly embarrassing and focus too exclusively upon the pain‚ anguish and ugliness of life at
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THE THEME of ALIENATION IN KAMALA MARKANDAYA’S FICTION. By: Mrs. Asha Rai‚ Lecturer in English‚ Technocrats Institute of Technology‚ Bhopal. Alienation‚ which means emotional isolation or dissociation‚ has been a very common theme among modern writers. This alienation is a major offshoot of the industrial revolution. Today‚ it has taken deep roots in everyday life‚ in science‚ in philosophy‚ in psychology‚ sociology and literature- covering a large panorama of almost every aspect of
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Sacrabani‚ from Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya‚ is immediately isolated from everybody else at birth. In this scene‚ Sacrabani isn’t included in the games all the other children play because of his albinism. Markandaya’s theme of isolation is portrayed in this quotation through the words white crow‚ wheat‚ rice‚ a‚ and grain. White crows have been known not to last long in the wild due to their poor eyesight which is a good representation of Sacrabani because he may not last long in the
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Introduction Kamala Das (1934-2009) was one of the most distinctive and original of Indian poets writing in English .Das‘ poetry reveals her concern for woman and search for genuine love. She looks into a woman‘s consciousness and places two aspects before her readers: ―First‚ the relationship of man and woman the second‚ the woman‘s quest for true love.her poetry is rooted in her own personal experiences. When Kamala Das sets out to (consciously or unconsciously) bring out the voice of the women
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Loss was a major part of the book Nectar in a Sieve‚ by Kamala Markandaya‚ and was highly influenced by the Europeans bringing it into India. First‚ the tannery caused many problems for the Indian culture. Many people diffused to India and around the tannery. With so many cultures diffusing into the country‚ it caused the Indian culture to start to decay and for cultural appropriation to occur. Not only did the culture slowly go away‚ but people were killed or died from the tannery. Next‚ because
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most of all is someone who influences another. With no mentors or guides the title character in the novel Siddhartha by Herman Hesse‚ would not have found self. The three characters that have the greatest influence on Siddhartha are Gotama Buddha‚ Kamala and Vasudeva. From Gotama Buddha‚ Siddhartha realizes he would rather walk his own path than follow another’s. After pursuing Buddha’s followings with his companion Govinda‚ Siddhartha has a revelation while he is conversing with Gotama. " ’That
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ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus‚ founder of Thebes‚ and the father of Laius‚ whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother‚ Jocasta‚ as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore‚ Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes‚ a powerful city-state north of Athens
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Hesse in Siddhartha ’ trying to achieve through the relationships that the main protagonists experience in each novel with Marie and Kamala respectively? Both Herman Hesse ’s Siddhartha ’ and Camus ’ The Outsider use the notion of love as a means to examine the protagonists and their perspectives on society‚ and how society views them. Hesse uses Kamala ’s love for Siddhartha as the means whereby he gains an understanding of the world and the route to Nirvana. Camus uses Marie to highlight
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