Janneker Lawrence

Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced has largely been interpreted as a political critique ofpost-9/11 Islamophobia and identity conflict. However, this paper shifts the focus from character analysis to audience psychology through a reader- response framework.

Ruth Ozeki herself, being a third culture kid, portrays her third novel, A Tale for the Time Being and the fourth novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness’s from the perspective of third culture kids. Ozeki brings out the sufferings like identity crises and alienation they face in society for being a third culture kid.

This research examines the representation of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in contemporary young adult fiction, moving beyond the symptoms of the disease to see it as a catalyst in defining a character.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a powerful example of bibliotherapy and the cathartic potential of literature. Through a close reading of the novel, this study observes how guilt, trauma, and moral failure outline the psychological expansion of the central character, Amir, and how narrative confession serves as a pathway...

This study critically analyses the symbolic implication of the ‘lamp’ and the ‘whirlpool’ in the novel Lamps in the Whirlpool by Rajam Krishnan, through a psychoanalytic framework.

This study aims to explore the perceptions of English major students on translation through language translator devices, its use as a learning strategy, and the relationship between these perceptions and translation practices. 

Menopause remains one of the most culturally silenced transitions in women’s lives, often positioned at the margins of literary representation. While puberty and motherhood occupy significant narrative space, menopause frequently appears as absence, metaphor, or decline. This paper examines how the cultural invisibility of menopause in literary narratives influences women’s...

This paper focuses on the character development of Moses in the Bible. It examines how individuals who initially exhibit hesitation, fear, or self-doubt gradually transform into effective leaders through personal growth and experience.

This paper proposes to delve into the mythologies of Japanese culture and their significance in order to aid in the deeper understanding of the characters in the visual text, Spirited Away, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

This paper aims to examine the psychological trauma and the internalized racism in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison through a psychological lens.