Research
Hardy as a Social Reformer
The following research paper is an attempt to discuss Thomas Hardy, a novelist of the Victorian era, as a social reformer. Many critics and researchers of his novels, consider him a pessimist, who paints a darker picture of life. In this picture, man is portrayed as a tragic figure, clutched in the cruel grips of fate as well as society. The present paper gives arguments of critics, and interprets Hardy’s novels in the way, so that we may present him as a social reformer. It throws light on two of the major novels of Hardy, ‘TESS OF THE DURBERVILLES’ and ‘THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE’.
John Keats S Sensuous Imagery in ODE ON A GRECIAN Urn
Ode on a Grecian, by John Keats depicts his love and praise for beauty. The full poem is embodied with sensuous imagery. Here he presents the beauty of imagination that appeals to our senses and gives delight to our senses. ''Ode on Grecian'' is different from other ''Odes'', because it is not desperate one. Here he discusses two major themes. 1) the ethics of beauty 2) the permanence of art Keats is in the favors of imagination and art. Because he thinks that it provides pleasure to human nature.
A Corpus Driven Study of Adjectives in Sidhwaas Fiction
The present research is a corpus-based analysis of adjectives in Bapsi Sidhwa’s fiction. It is aimed at highlighting the various aspects of the usage of adjectives and their resultant effects in Sidhwian fiction. For this purpose, a corpus of Sidhwa’s fictional works has been compiled which has been analyzed with the help of Antconc 3.2.4 software. For a detailed scrutiny, the concordance lines have been explored thoroughly. The research, in an attempt to be in accordance with the procedure of corpus-based study, has relied on a detailed analysis of lexical items along with insights that have been gathered from keyword lists, clusters and n-grams, in order to strengthen the validity, collocations and colligation trends have also been analyzed. The in-depth study of the adjectives, the use of which is thought to be a distinguishing characteristics of Sidhwa, has been carried out to validate the so-called assumption that the rather excessive use of adjectives is a leading characteristic of female writers in general and Sidhwa’s writings in particular. The corpus analysis has lead the researchers to the findings that there seems to be an unusual usage of adjectives in Sidhwa’s fiction in quantitative terms but as far as their aptness is concerned, it can be asserted that their use can be justified according to the requirements of the text. The research has explored new vistas in corpus stylistics to endorse the insight of the literary theorists. The present research will help the literary critics, new researchers of the author, teachers, and students to understand the text from a more syntactical perspective.
Our Words are Never Neutral
The intended end of this study is to trace the connection between language and ideology and how these connections are advocated in the evaluation of spoken texts, in keeping with the Socio Cognitive Model (2002) of Van Dijk. This study is also intended to explain that the political talk shows telecast byvarious private TV channels are apparent and conducive devices of ideology and concealed contexts and meanings which are not always vivid for readers and the viewers. The researchers attempted to explore how the ideologies are portrayed in these shows through the analysis of a programme of a very popular talk show of a private television channel of Pakistan. It also suggests that these talk shows bewilder the agency of systems by using various tactics. In other words, critical text analyses reveal how these selections lead debaters to manipulate the relations of agency and power in the representation of action to create specific connotations which are not always vivid for all readers and the viewers.
