Contemporary Literary Review India

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Authors: Akanksha Barthwal

The wasteland seeks to portray a world which is dry from all human emotions and feelings. Eliot describes wasteland as a place which is barren, dry, infertile, desolate, inhospitable, sterile having no vegetation. He defines a generation of shock from world wars where there is no comfort and spiritualness. The poet discovers a condition of modern world, where man lives a purposeless life. In the poem, Eliot describes a condition of present world through myths, historical and literal references which offers a satirical lens to perceive and give meaning to present world. Eliot creates a parallel between past and present, where past is something which is unified, has spiritual significance, is joyous, harmonizing. The poet also fears his own end, therefore he too submits himself to the God. Through the poem Eliot highlights the need to belief in God, attain true self and be redeemed.

33-46

Authors: Arnab Chatterjee

It is a fundamental fact that an epic documents the exploits of certain characters on a scale that sometimes crosses the limits of both space and time; in fact, these features account for the “grand style” of any epic composed. Coupled with its bravura sweep, any epic is also a faithful documentation of the age in which it is written, something that Prof. E.M.W. Tillyard calls its “choric” quality. However, in the digital age, with the advent of animation and other such modes of representation, much of the erstwhile grandeur of the traditional epics seems to have been lost, and this brings us closer to Walter Benjamin’s remark that in the mechanical age, a work of art loses is pseudo-divine aura as we tend to have “copies” of the work that is readily consumed. Taking clues from such theorists, this proposed paper is an attempt to locate Beowulf in the digital age and within the ‘mechanics’ of representation called “animation pictures” and alternative narratological strategies that tend to compromise not only with its original tone, but also with the story line.

59-80

Authors: Narayan Jena

The central concern of the paper is to show that nature plays a significant role in shaping the spiritual self of a modern man. It tries to explore the possibility of the realization of the unity of life and integrated order in the world outside the confined territory of narrow human self. Such realization as the substratum of eco-spirituality, results in the extension of love and ascribing meaning to every object of nature. In the backdrop of such ideas the present paper intends to examine Gopinath Mohanty’s High Tide, Ebb Tide to show the fundamental ground of varied human consciousness being integrated with the unified principles of nature, and the possibilities of the realization of nature’s sacredness in the process of the realization of the ‘self’ as an extension of the unity of nature.

104-116

Authors: Kim John Farleigh

Break the Deadlock a story by Kim John Farleigh

157-161

Authors: Saligrama K. Aithal

Eastward Blows the Tempest a story by Saligrama K. Aithal

166-171

Authors: Christopher Barnes

Moonstop™ Brings You…,‘Mistletoe Balm’ For Dazzling Solutions, Tipplesun™ Galore, For Those Who Indulged That Vital Spark, All Set for Excellence a poeams by Christopher Barnes .

172-176

Authors: Divya Gautam

Someday, The Night Beckons a poeam by Divya Gautam

180-182

Authors: Dr Prashanta Chandra Panda

Journey of Job-star a poeam by Dr Prashanta Chandra Panda

185-187

Authors: Reena P.G.

Falling of Egoism a poeam by Reena P.G.

198-208

Authors: Neil Leadbeater

Book Review on The Best Asian Short Stories 2017