Shanlax International Journal of English https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english <p>P-ISSN: 2320-2645 | E-ISSN: 2582-3531</p> en-US editorsij@shanlaxjournals.in (Shanlax Journals) Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 OJS 3.1.1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Embracing Poetic Revelations for Lifelong Learning and Development https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8215 <p>This article aims to explore the profound role of poetic revelations as transformative tools for lifelong learning and personal development. The study was based on an exploratory research design that utilized the instances of poetic expressions extracted from different poems as primary data, and perspectives regarding the functions of poetic revelations from previous authors and researchers as secondary data. The secondary data were sourced from relevant books and scholarly journal articles published between 1765 and 2024 and were subjected to critical analysis. The research identifies that the role of poetic revelations is to inspire people for a virtuous and resilient life, time management, humility, embracement of the less traveled paths, indomitable spirit in the face of oppression and discrimination, courage, fortitude, and the power of self-mastery, a positive outlook, pursue of happiness even amidst life’s difficulties, self confidence, self-respect, and the power of embracing one’s unique qualities, purposeful life, act in the present moment, mindfulness, the value of connecting with the natural world as a source of peace and inspiration, life with passion and determination, seizing the moment and utilizing the fleeting nature of life, and pursuing dreams actively rather than allowing them to fade away over time. Poetic revelations not only offer us aesthetic pleasure but also impart profound insights that contribute to lifelong learning and development. The study implies that integrating poetry into educational practices can foster continuous personal growth, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence throughout an individual’s life.</p> Lok Raj Sharma ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8215 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 From Mourning to Mutiny: Successful Communication Strategy Used by Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8354 <p>In the heart of ancient Rome, amidst the chaos and grief following Julius Caesar’s assassination, Marc Antony delivered a speech that would forever alter the course of history. This paper examines the effectiveness of Marc Antonius’s funeral oration in William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar through the lens of modern communication theory. By analysing Antony’s strategic approach, the paper highlights key elements of successful communication, including defining clear objectives, understanding the target audience, crafting a compelling message, and utilising appropriate communication channels and feedback mechanisms. Antony’s speech exemplifies in establishing a feedback mechanism, observing reactions, strategic pauses and rhetorical questions. The paper further explores Antony’s excellent use of Aristotle’s rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos, and logos, to sway public opinion and incite action. Through a detailed examination of the speech’s impact on the Roman populace, the paper demonstrates the enduring relevance of rhetorical principles and communication strategies, emphasising the power of language to shape perceptions, influence beliefs, and inspire action, even centuries after its initial delivery.</p> Suresh Frederick ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8354 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Lexical Analysis through Content and Language Integrated Learning in Translation https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8265 <p>This article focuses on a lexical analysis of a secondary school student’s translation skills using CLIL method. The purpose of this article is to analyse how and what students learned from the traditional class and the CLIL class. The samples have been collected through the pre-test and post-test through questionnaires and interviews. The data has been analysed through mixed (qualitative &amp; quantitative) method. It aims to teach the skills to define the global education. The findings suggest that students in the CLIL group not only improved their understanding of the second language but also developed a better grasp of technical terms and strategies. The students demonstrated increased confidence in speaking, explaining concepts concisely, and expressing their opinions without hesitation. Additionally, the use of CLIL improved their vocabulary acquisition and usage in everyday contexts. These creative skills lead the students to explain the concepts in a brief manner and also tell their opinion without hesitations. Most students in the CLIL group reported increased confidence in speaking and using new vocabulary 30% of interviews mentioned confidence, 25% mentioned new vocabulary. Specifically, this method will improve the quality of the speaker in their conversations. And also improved the new vocabularies in day-to-day usage. The second language learners easily acquire the vocabularies through CLIL method. Traditional method of teaching will not provide new skills to improve their language proficiency. The signified value of the results bring CLIL method improves a better understanding for the students to improve their fluency. But These will lead a good communication with higher authorities in a society.</p> M Saraswathi ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8265 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - A Review https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8150 <p>Sathoshi Yagisawa’s novel More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop recounts Takako’s experience in an old bookshop located in the streets of Japan. This Japanese fiction overlaps with all required charms &amp; a great classic - Beit romance friendship, family relationship, themes of love and death etc., predominate this timeless story, which is studded with a narrative that threads cultural landscape, with the theme of the novel. The characters are skit fully portrayed and tailored to the Web of the narrative. The novel carried with it the rich memories of any frequent visitor to a book shop for reading and buying books.</p> R Rajam Ganapathy ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8150 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Revisiting Iqbal: A Jungian Psychoanalysis https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8165 <p>This study examines the psychological complexity of Iqbal, a character from Tahmima Anam’s A Golden Age, through the lens of Jungian psychology. Key concepts such as the Shadow, projection, and the Father Archetype reveal Iqbal’s inner battles with fear, control, and responsibility. His avoidance of driving and his overprotectiveness toward his children are seen as expressions of his Shadow, reflecting repressed anxieties he struggles to face. Iqbal’s reluctance to drive his newly purchased car, despite initial enthusiasm, illustrates his amaxophobia, or fear of driving, which represents the tension between his conscious self and the fears hidden in his unconscious. He projects these fears onto his family, creating an atmosphere of anxiety that echoes his inner insecurities. His reliance on an older driver underscores his need for external paternal authority, aligning with Jung’s Father Archetype. By drawing on recent research on anxiety, control, and transgenerational trauma, the analysis shows how Iqbal’s unresolved issues not only shape his behavior but also influence his family dynamics. The study highlights the importance of addressing these internal conflicts to promote personal growth and prevent the transmission of anxiety across generations.</p> Yeasin Arafat ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8165 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Power as a Means of Corruption in African Society: A Study of Paul Tiyambe Zeleza’s Smouldering Charcoal https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8214 <p>Power is a common aspect of political systems worldwide, but in Africa, the concept of power is often ambivalent, with corruption often causing hardship rather than improving living conditions. The interplay of power and corruption in modern African societies poses significant challenges to governance, economic growth, and social cohesion. This issue is more prevalent in African countries, where people are oppressed and their rights are violated. The study aims to provide a clearer understanding of the problem and its implications for African societies, highlighting the oppressive nature of people in societies where their rights are violated.<br>This article examines the relationship between power and corruption in contemporary African societies, focusing on Paul Tiyambe Zeleza’s novel Smouldering Charcoal. The novel critiques the pervasive nature of power and corruption, highlighting the struggles faced by many African nations. The study begins with a literature review, examining themes of power and corruption in African literature and theoretical frameworks. It then conducts a detailed textual analysis of the novel, focusing on key themes, symbols, and narrative strategies. The socio-political context of the novel is explored to draw parallels with actual historical and contemporary issues in African countries. Comparing the themes in Smouldering Charcoal with other African literary works highlights broader regional and thematic trends.<br>By investigating the depiction of power and corruption in Smouldering Charcoal, this article enhances the understanding of Zeleza’s work and offers insights into the complex interplay of governance, power, and societal well-being in African contexts. It contributes to the ongoing discourse on the role of literature in reflecting and challenging social realities, particularly in post-colonial settings.</p> Adama Bah ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8214 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Absolutism in the Novel The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8273 <p>Iris Murdoch appears to be attempting to provide an unbiased assessment of the human condition while insisting on the reality of things other than oneself. Murdoch’s standard method is to center a cast of characters around a vague theme, usually one that is very philosophical in nature. The protagonist in Iris Murdoch’s novel is forced to use only his own moral standards as a source of moral guidance. Murdoch’s concern that art convey the inherent messiness of reality-what she refers to in her philosophical works as ‘contingency’ is reflected in The sea The sea. It also addresses what has been called Murdoch’s ‘Central Preoccupation’ the issue of ethical goodness. Most notably in the Booker Prize-winning novel The sea, The sea, which follows the moral decisions and romantic relationships of Charles Arrowby, a mercurial retired actor-director from the London theatre scene who tries to write his memoirs and rewrite his life, first-person male narrators appear in her most popular books. He seeks asylum by the sea but discovers that his past and his own self-knowledge are literally and symbolically haunting him. The protagonists in Murdoch’s books, as in many others, are looking for grand philosophical principles to live by or to help them make sense of their existence and the influence and power that people have over one another is a major theme throughout Murdoch’s novels. This paper focuses the concept of absolutism in her novel The sea, The sea.</p> S Parvin Banu, A Selva Therese Reeta ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8273 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Exploring the Journey of Self Identity and Women Empowerment in Patriarchal Society in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8377 <p>Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, in New London. She was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, and poet. One of her best novels, Anne of Green Gables, was a huge success. In this novel, Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old girl, is mistakenly sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, siblings who have planned to adopt a boy to help them with their farm, made up of the Canadian community of Avonlea. As she negotiates the difficulties of growing up in a patriarchal environment, the novel explores Anne’s journey of discovery as she navigates the challenges of growing up in a patriarchal society. This novel examines the interplay of communication theories within L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, focusing on how Anne Shirley’s journey reflects concepts such as interpersonal communication, identity negotiation, and self-presentation. The narrative highlights how Anne’s rhetorical skills and ability to adapt her language foster connections and overcome societal barriers. By bridging the thematic elements of belonging, empowerment, and identity with communication theories, this study explores the broader implications of language in shaping relationships and self-perception in the Avonlea Community.</p> M Jeevitha, V Paul Thomas Raj ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8377 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Desolate Horizons: Nature and Isolation in Cormac Mccarthy’s The Road https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8212 <p>McCarthy’s The Road intricately intertwines environment and alienation, crafting a narrative where desolation becomes both a physical and psychological landscape. The novel presents a father and son journeying through a post-apocalyptic world where the remnants of civilization are buried under layers of ash, decay and death. The barren, bleak landscapes are rendered with haunting portrayal, serving not only as a setting but as an omnipresent character that shapes the story’s themes and the characters’ experiences. In this world stripped of its vitality, the environment mirrors the erosion of human values, connection, and identity.<br>This paper explores the dual role of landscape in The Road both as a symbol of environmental catastrophe and as an expression of existential alienation. The analysis delves into how McCarthy’s use of sparse language, fragmented dialogue, and relentless imagery enhances the isolation experienced by the characters. The absence of color, warmth, and life is stark, reflecting the internal desolation and hopelessness that drives the novel’s tone. The landscape is not merely empty; it is hostile, reinforcing the pervasive fear, loss, and uncertainty that define the characters’ journey.<br>The study also discusses the constant struggle for survival against a world in spite of community, faith and meaning highlights McCarthy’s focus on the limits of human endurance in the face of environmental and emotional barrenness. This examination of alienation extends to the ethical dilemmas and moral decay evident in encounters with other survivors, where the few remnants of humanity are overshadowed by brutality and distrust. Ultimately, this analysis of The Road positions the novel as a profound commentary on the impact of environmental collapse on human psyche and social structures, illustrating how isolation and alienation become intertwined with the physical desolation of the landscape. McCarthy’s work serves as a grim reflection on the fragility of hope and the erosion of human connections in the face of an environment that is both physically and symbolically dead.</p> S Udhayakumar ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8212 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Cultural Alterity Cultural Alterity in Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8382 <p>Culture and society are closely related. It is very important as it plays a crucial role in shaping and forming an identity and determines the social environment of a nation. In course of time each society is made to think and believe that the practices and beliefs they have carried forth are right and ought to be followed. Though people are educated, they still adhere to the stringent cultural practices. This is because of the environment and the thoughts instilled in them right from the time of their birth.<br>Cultures have evolved from time immemorial. In course of time each society is made to think and believe that the practices and beliefs they have carried forth are right and ought to be followed. Though people are educated, they still adhere to the stringent cultural practices. This is because of the environment and the thoughts instilled in them right from the time of their birth.<br>The theory of alterity has become a philosophical concept that is an offshoot of post-modernism. The notion of alterity holds good to understand the formation as individuals and social beings. Alterity has a wide range of approaches to epistemology, psychoanalysis social and cultural theory. In the contemporary world everyone encounters the ‘other’ which has increased through globalization and mass media.<br>There are eight dualisms of alterity (1) the popular other (2) the lower-class other (3) the black other (4) Third World other (5) the female other (6) the national or ethnic other (7) oppressed parts of subjectivity as the other and (8) somewhere else as the other place. In this way the tag leads us to see the colonial other which is never layered without differences and further places him or her in the margins when representing them.<br>Cultural alterity is that which is associated with different cultures, gender, classes and other social branches and the manner in which society thinks about them and views them. In the contemporary thinking, alterity focuses on ‘otherness’. The ‘other’ in scholarship includes the Jews, homosexuals, insane, sick, women and other heterogeneous groups who have been commonly marginalized. The construction of the otherness can be detected on the basis of suffering and injustice.<br>This paper examines the play ‘Dance Like A Man’ by Mahesh Dattani is based on the theory of cultural alterity. This play discusses how even the male is subdued under patriarchy even though they want to break free from such stringent norms. There are rules drawn how a girl should be and a boy should be. What each gender is expected to learn. In this play Jayaraj is a Bharatanatyam dancer and is supressed by his father because according to his father Amritlal dance is only for women and not for men because he feels his son emits effeminate expressions. This this the cultural frame which is instilled in the minds of people from inception and people think in those terms. This paper shows how Jayaraj is seen and treated as the ‘other’ by his father and because he is seen as ‘the other’ he becomes a drunkard and loses his son thus he becomes an unsuccessful dancer.<strong><br></strong></p> Rochelle Maryann ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/8382 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000