Contemporary Literary Review India

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Authors: Dr. Anees Al-Absi

The concept of ‘authenticity’ informs the main argument of this paper that interrogates the very 'authenticity' of Richard Burton's Orientalist representation of Oriental women by tracing signs of Orientalist intertextuality and 'authorial subjectivity' in his erotic translation of the Arabian Nights. The idea of the Orient constructed through Burton's Orientalist imaginary rendering of the Nights marks a new emerging anti-realism in the nineteenth-century Orientalism, a response to the demand of readership for exoticism. My argument pertains to this phenomenon of the imaginary or fetish rendering of the Nights by Burton, which vividly exhibits a lack of authenticity, a crisis that appeared due to Burton’s affiliation with the Orientalist main authorities on the Orient and his personal and ideological inclinations. It is clearly problematic to think of Burton's erotic and imaginary rendering of the Nights as authentic and accurate, while he conflates between ethnographic reality and fantasy. In this paper, the examination of key passages from Burton's translation of the Nights makes it clear that he was not really true to his claims of validity for his translation, as he relied on delirious Orientalist imagination, inclined towards his ideological position and personal interests to claim authenticity for his translation.

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Authors: Jayantika Chakraborty

The term “atonement” connotes the action of making amends for a wrong or sin. In Christian theology, it refers to the reconciliation of God and mankind through Jesus Christ. The movie Atonement is one of cumulative power, reflecting on the unfinished, unmoored mind of a vulnerable young woman, Briony Tallis, who is seemingly trapped by unimaginable guilt in a life of suspended animation. The denouement of the film siphons off with Briony atoning for her guilt that has, since her adolescence, tainted her life with treacherous effects. Her atonement comes off as a corrosively elegiac way of reconciling with the past, and is filmed beautifully, with pyrotechnic complexity, displaying adequately the scalding moral vision of war as a backdrop. With a luminous juxtaposition of the stream of consciousness mode of narration and multiple voices, montage and flashbacks, Joe Wright unilaterally weaves a tale of self-discovery and the retelling of a story that centers around guilt. Guilt, therefore, features as an inalienable poetry of experience in the film, coming off almost as apparent, real, and firm to the touch. In an interdisciplinary approach of psychological study of artistic work, this project illustrates the dynamics of guilt and atoning for it after over half a lifetime to reach psychological transcendence and attain a cohesiveness of the fragmented concept of “self”.

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Authors: Sonali Ganguly

This paper is an extensive review of the origin and evolution of world literature. It begins with the discussion on the evolving theories and the counter arguments on world literature followed by a brief critical overview of the existing theories and trends in the study of world literature. Based on the above discussions, an attempt has been made to understand the two fundamental concepts. First, the entire process of production, publication, circulation, and reception of literary works in the world literary market, and second, the standing of Indian literature in the world forum. The paper is divided into two major segments. The initial section reviews and discusses the existing theories of world literature and sheds light on the technicalities associated with getting placed in world literature. The consequent segment of the paper highlights the challenges associated with world literature.

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Authors: Jisha Rajesh

Aparajita – The Invincible a story by Jisha Rajesh.

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Authors: Tuhin Harit

Rear View a story by Tuhin Harit.

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Authors: Abhishek Banderao Chatorikar

Knowledge a poeam by Abhishek Banderao Chatorikar.

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Authors: Debasish Parashar

there is a city inside your body,Infinity is Finite,Drunken Selfies a poeam by Debasish Parashar.

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Authors: Feneena S Mohamed

The Flood a poeam by Feneena S Mohamed.

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Authors: Ram Krishna Singh

Season’s Prick,Quakes in Elements,Nude Delight,Echoes Haunt a poeams by Ram Krishna Singh

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Authors: Reena P. G.

Oasis a poeam by Reena P. G.

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Authors: Vishal Khullar

Ghazal: Passage 1, Ghazal: Passage 2,Ghazal: Passage 3,Ghazal: Passage 4 a poeam by Vishal Khullar

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Authors: Daniel Dragomirescu

Book Review on Daniel Dragomirescu’s Oameni și Marionete / Men and Puppets