http://10.9.150.37:8080/dspace//handle/atmiyauni/1450 2026-04-27T19:00:35Z 2026-04-27T19:00:35Z Oza, Shivangi http://10.9.150.37:8080/dspace//handle/atmiyauni/2187 2025-01-01T10:37:32Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Portrayal of Women in Modern Indian Writing in English: Authors: Oza, Shivangi

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Oza, Shivangi http://10.9.150.37:8080/dspace//handle/atmiyauni/1829 2024-11-21T06:10:50Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Complexities & Crisis in the lives of Maya in Cry, the Peacock by Anita Desai & Anjali in Maunraag by Kaajal Oza Vaidya: A Comparative Analysis Authors: Oza, Shivangi Abstract: This paper attempts to show the comparative analysis of two female protagonists portrayed by two well-reputed and self-made female writers from two different languages. Anita Desai is an innovative and original writer and stands unsurpassed among contemporary Indian women novelists in English. She concentrates on exploring the submerged depths and dark recesses of women’s consciousness, in fictional representation. Her novels unravel the mystery of the inner life of her characters. Kaajal Oza Vaidya is the leading voice in contemporary Gujarati literature. She has captivating stories to tell about individuals who have to move about in society, combating for independent existence. She gets interested in analyzing and portraying human relationships, mostly indulging in some kind of dilemma and searching for the answers. Both the writers have portrayed the female protagonists, their Existence in life, their Identity, their Emotional Trauma, and the Conflicts. The complexities and crises arise in Maya and Anjali's lives due to various social and psychological aspects that lead them to Isolation, Alienation, and Self-Destruction. The marital disharmony born out of inarticulateness disturbs the internal peace and turns out to be the nervous breakdown. The comparative analysis of these two characters gives insight into the treatment of similar themes in two different languages, written in two different periods. The complexities and crises in Maya & Anjali's lives provide an interesting study of similarities and dissimilarities of two females searching for their identity and meaning of life.

2021-02-01T00:00:00Z Dodia, Srushti http://10.9.150.37:8080/dspace//handle/atmiyauni/1823 2024-11-21T05:53:35Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Cinematic Language in Select Indian Hyper Narratives Authors: Dodia, Srushti Abstract: Alissa Quart in her review “Happy Endings: The Post Nuclear Family according to Don Ross” speaks about numerous techniques employed by Ross in his hyper narrative film. The term hyperlink cinema was itself coined by Alissa in her afore mentioned review with reference to Happy Endings thus making it a leading example of hyper narrative cinema. It is the style of film dealing with complex or multilinear narrative structures. Distinctive techniques assist to build and foreground the narrative. This paper will attempt to identify and examine the techniques employed by select Indian directors in their respective films. through multiple techniques of split screen, frame inside the frame, using locomotive as the symbol of connection, crossed roads, by means of making city as the binding agent and through some stock characters, one can analyse the formula. To generate a multilinear narrative becomes a comparatively easier task with such techniques at ones disposal. These directors provides us the direction of analysing and understanding the ways of a hyper narrative in a profound manner.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Gajjar, Jayana http://10.9.150.37:8080/dspace//handle/atmiyauni/1819 2024-11-21T05:41:46Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A Comparative Study of O. Henry and Pannalal Patel’s Selected Short Stories Authors: Gajjar, Jayana Abstract: It is known that the English language mostly becomes the way of communication and sometimes the only medium to deliver your ideas when the speaker and the listener do not speak and understand each other’s native tongue. Hence understanding of it can be of great use. Realizing its importance, people have started learning the English language and the number of English language learners is increasing every day. Some find it to be a fun learning experience and easy and others think of it to be a complicated and difficult language. Learning English can become challenging because of its heterogeneous nature. Also when learners do not see any similarities or connection with their own language it becomes difficult to understand it. But teachers around the world have been bringing in innovative techniques to make the learning experience easy and interesting. The learning of any language or concept becomes easier when the learners feel the relevance and can connect to what is being taught and so is the case with English Language teaching. Learners appreciate and follow when recognizing the connection and similarities between their native language and English. The present research paper will study the similarities between the selected short stories of celebrated short story writer William Sydney Porter and a noted and acclaimed Gujarati writer Pannalal Patel. The paper will make note of the similarities in the themes, characters, and other aspects of the stories while bringing out the contrastive elements of them. It will also try to study how this comparison helps to give a better understanding of the themes, cultures, and language.

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