Janneker Lawrence

The research article highlights the theoretical framework of Afrocentricity in Americanah and On Black Sisters Street. It revises the Afrocentric culture, resistance, and memory of Ifemelu and Sisi by reclaiming their migration in the Western structure. The study further explores the components of diaspora and migration by addressing the systematic exploitation faced by...

This study analyses the observational narrative technique used by Annie Ernaux in Exteriors to represent everyday life in suburban Paris. Unlike her earlier works, which focus on personal memory and inner emotions, this text emphasizes external observation and present-time reality. Ernaux adopts the role of a detached observer and documents...

This research paper focuses on a comparative analysis of the psychological conflict and the construction of female identity in Anita Desai’s Cry, the Peacock, Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper.

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. The Japanese cultural practices and folklore mentioned concern the Japanese Shinto religion in particular.

This research analyses the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz through the lens of the Fragmented Bildungsroman, examining its narrative structure, character development, and themes. The series differentiates itself from conventional young adult fiction by featuring episodic storytelling, non-linear character arcs, and interconnected subplots.

The advent of social media has revolutionized the way we communicate, interact, and learn languages. This paper explores the influence of social media on second language acquisition (SLA), highlighting its potential benefits and challenges. Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, offer unprecedented opportunities for language learners to...

This paper talks about the ethical crisis that emerges from the tension between her hatred towards the nation and emotional attachment. The story revolves around the main character Lara who explores political conditioning and emotional repression through a fractured ethical self.

The discipline of memory studies, which arose at the turn of the century, provided academics with an alternative perspective on the way the past and its telling should be interpreted. Kazuo Ishiguro, a modern author and the winner of the Nobel Prize and the Booker Prize for his literary work,...

The Partition of India in 1947, besides being a geographical partition, involved a long-term psychological displacement. Remnants of a Separation by Aanchal Malhotra is the subject of the study in this paper in which the interrelationship between trauma, memory and narrative reconstruction is explored. In the place of official historiography...

In this paper, the concept of trauma and the human mind is discussed based on The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story by A. Revathi, translated by V. Geetha, through a theoretical framework of Trauma Theory by Cathy Caruth. The argument expressed in the paper is that trauma in the life of...