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Item VIOLENCE AS A PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISCOURSE IN WOMEN’S WRITING: A STUDY OF SELECTED WRITINGS OF TEHMINA DURRANI, MEENA ALEXANDER AND ANITA NAIR(Central University of Punjab, 2018) Kaur, Manpreet; Saini, AlpnaThe present research work entitled “Violence as a Psycho social Discourse in Women’s Writing: A Study of Selected Writings of Tehmina Durrani, Meena Alexander and Anita Nair” attempts to explore the theme of violence in selected women’s writing. It focuses on the psycho-social discourse constructed through the theme of violence in selected writings. All the three writers selected for the study are recognisable contemporary women writers writing in different parts of the world, deal with the exploration of the implications of physical, psychological, cultural, economic, political, and communal tendencies of violence with special reference to its manipulation in a woman’s life. The basis of this research project is to understand the implications of this multi-dimensional term in a woman’s life. The attempt was to analyse the underlining ideologies and beliefs responsible for constructing gender identities through manifestation of violence. Study of selected texts foregrounds the diverse subtle forms of violence with the help of theoretical insights by Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Mahatma Gandhi, Rene Girard, Slavoz Zizek and Frantz Fanon. The present thesis is organised into five chapters. The first chapter deals with manifestations of violence and its associations with various discourses. Further it focuses on critically examining the complex and subtle association of violence with patriarchy, justice and power. The introductory chapter foregrounds the history of women writing which depicts violence and survey of the work done previously. Second chapter examines the various dimensions of violence, i. e, physical, sexual, psychological, and communal violence in the selected texts. The third chapter studies the depiction of social, cultural, economic, political and religious discourses responsible for constructing an individualistic identity of a woman despite of their socio-cultural and political locations. The fourth chapter brings forth the making of woman through subjectivity. The woman when subjected to violence, alienation, and identity crisis gives rise to consciousness and rationality and this subjectivity crafts the woman. The conclusion of the thesis tries to bring forth how the theme of violence works as a psycho-social discourse in women’s writings with special reference to the selected writings of Tehmina Durrani, Meena Alexander and Anita Nair. The iv writings of three authors from varied socio-cultural backgrounds help us to understand the transformation of subjected women from complaint to rebellious for asserting their position in the patriarchal societies.Item Orientalising the Postcolonial Nation-State: A Study of The Inheritance of Loss and Half a Life(Central University of Punjab, 2012) Kaur, Manpreet; Kaur, ZameerpalIn the postcolonial analysis, the term nation-state has been critiqued mainly because the postcolonial nation states experience multiple exclusions and unequal power distribution. This feeling of marginalisation and exclusion is voiced by many postcolonial writers who are concerned with the psychological effects of the political and economic-cultural structures of the postcolonial world. Both the novels selected for this study, disclose the effects of up-rootedness and displacement and ultimately the quest for a particular nation-state. Kiran Desai in her The Inheritance of Loss deals with the themes of cultural conflicts, migration, nostalgia, globalization, multiculturalism, political struggles and economic inequality. Likewise, V. S. Naipaul in his novel Half a Life traces the themes of alienation, migration, displacement, rootlessness, mockery and self-deception of the emigrants. Biju in The Inheritance of Loss and Willie Chandran in Half a Life expose the gamut of issues including the multiple exclusion and distribution faced by postcolonial nation-states, threats of migration, loss of identity, globalization, and economic disparity. The attempt was to analyse both the texts selected for the study to bring forth the underlining beliefs and ideologies. The focus was also on understanding the effects political movements and situations have on personal relations. Study of both the texts foregrounds the miserable conditions of the lives of subaltern people and their continuous struggle and hope of assimilation in the postcolonial nation-states.Item Socio-cultural concerns in ajmer singh aulakh's sat begane and gurdial singh night of the half moon(Central University of Punjab, 2012) Kaur, Manpreet; Singh, Amandeep SinghAjmer Singh Aulakh and Gurdial Singh are two prominent Punjabi writers who belong to the Malwa region of Punjab. Both the writers portray the everyday realities of marginalised people especially small or landless farmers. Commercialisation of agriculture under the Green Revolution has changed the socio-cultural environment of Punjab considerably, and these changes get reflected in vernacular literature also. In this study, comparative analysis of writings of these two writers has been done so as to analyse various socio-cultural concerns present in their texts. Both the writers belong to a relatively backward area of Punjab, and have focused on small farmers. These texts show complexities of rural agricultural life where land is both the main source of all livelihood and is also cause of many disputes. Due to its power to make or break the future of a family, hold over land becomes an issue of life and death. This over-reliance over land distorts the personal and familial life, in which women are the main sufferers. This socio-economic situation gets compounded with the addition of feelings of revenge, honour etc. which draw their strength from the cultural milieu. Sat Begane and Night of the Half Moon under study portray this complex reality of Punjabi farming community. The focus of this study is on the complex socio-cultural factors and economic transformation of the region that has deeply affected the human relationships and value system during this period.Item Theme of Revolt in the Selected Poems of Pash and Lal Singh Dil(Central University of Punjab, 2012) Kaur, Manpreet; Kumar RajinderThe central theme of Punjabi poets Pash (Avtar Singh Sandhu) and Lal Singh Dil is a revolt against an unjust social and economic system. This study is an attempt to trace this theme by undertaking a detailed study of Pash Sampooran Pash Kav by Pash and Naaglok by Lal Singh Dil. The prime object of this research project is to bring into focus the issues of protest and revolt surfacing in the different classes of society in Punjab of sixties and seventies, through a comparative study of the two anthologies. Both two poets Pash and Lal Singh Dil are product of the revolutionary and explicitly political phase of Punjabi poetry. Their work is concerned with social, political and economic issues, particularly critiquing inequality, injustice and exploitation of the poor and the marginalised. Pash's poetry is a revolt against the inhuman political and social system of the country. Challenging the political system of the country, Pash refuses to be a gentle citizen accepting the things as they are. Casteism is a more important issue in Lal Singh Dil's poetry. Reflecting the deplorable circumstances of his life and that of those around him suffering extreme of poverty, injustice and oppression, he emerged as a major voice of the Dalits. Lal Singh Dil was very conscious of his caste and class and took up his pen for his fellow victims. Pash, who received more recognition than Dil during his life time, on the other hand, came from a relatively privileged class and his concerns are different. This comparative study tries to trace the type of revolt in the poems of both these poets.