Professor in P.G. Dept. of English and Research Centre
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
The Interiors Volume-8-Issue-1
The Interiors-vol-8-Issue-1
Indian writing in English, of late, has established its reputation not only because of Indian poets and novelists, but also because of some dramatists making their mark worldwide because of their delineation of contemporary realities. Mahesh Dattani...
This article examines Albert Camus?s novel The Outsider (1942) with a focus on the protagonist Meursault as an embodiment of existential absurdity and moral honesty. It analyzes Meursault?s emotional detachment, refusal to conform to social norms, an...
This article examines Arundhati Roy?s second novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017) as a political and dystopian narrative that foregrounds the lives of marginalized and silenced communities in India. Focusing on characters such as Anjum, a tr...
This article examines how meaning in language emerges through context rather than isolated words or sentences. Drawing on pragmatic theory, the paper explores key concepts such as context, reference, inference, presupposition, and implicature to demo...
This article examines the novels Coolie and Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand from a postcolonial perspective, highlighting his commitment to exposing social, economic, and religious exploitation in colonial and postcolonial India. The study foregrounds...
This article offers a critical analysis of Arun Kolatkar?s Jejuri (1976), interpreting the poem as an ironic and satirical commentary on the contemporary degeneration of Hindu spirituality. Through the perspective of a rational, modern protagonist, t...
This article critically examines the conceptual differences between Lalit (mainstream, Savarna) aesthetics and Dalit aesthetics in Indian literature. It argues that traditional Indian and Western aesthetic theories?rooted in imagination, ornamentatio...
This article critically examines the short stories of Indira Goswami, highlighting her deep human sensibility and realistic portrayal of social, emotional, and psychological suffering. It explores themes such as melancholy, unfulfilled love, thwarted...
This article presents a critical analysis of Tennessee Williams?s play Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), focusing on the theme of immorality and the moral decay of modern society. It examines how the play depicts fading youth, sexual exploitation, corrupti...
This article offers a comparative study of gender conflict as depicted in the novels of Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta and Indian novelist Kamala Markandaya. It examines how patriarchy, marriage, motherhood, and socio-cultural expectations shape wome...
This article critically examines Henrik Ibsen?s three-act play Ghosts (1881) with a focus on its bold and controversial portrayal of incest within a family. It analyzes how Ibsen exposes the hidden moral corruption beneath respectable social relation...
This article critically examines Charles Dickens?s literary career to argue that he functions more as a social compromiser than a reformer. Through an analysis of Dickens?s novels, journalism, letters, and engagement with Victorian culture, the study...
This article critically examines Nayantara Sahgal?s fiction and non-fiction to explore her deep concern for freedom and its related moral, political, and social values. It analyzes how Sahgal?s novels and journalistic writings reflect India?s freedom...
This article examines the theme of alienation in Amitav Ghosh?s novel The Shadow Lines, focusing on how characters experience identity crisis, isolation, displacement, and a persistent quest for freedom in a world fragmented by borders, class, caste,...
The article examines Ngugi wa Thiong'o?s deep concern for the condition of women in Kenyan society as reflected in his major fictional and dramatic works. It analyzes how women are subjected to oppression, sexual exploitation, colonial and post-colon...
