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PUNE RESEARCH  

AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL IN ENGLISH

( ISSN 2454  -  3454  ONLINE ) (JIF 3.02)

 VOLUME 5 , ISSUE - 6  ( NOV - DEC  2019 )

M. UDHAYAKUMAR

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Purple Hibiscus is a post colonial novel written by Adichie. She uses first person narration in the novel. The protagonist narrates the whole story. Kambili is fifteen years old girl. She has an elder brother Jaja. Their father Eugene Achike also known as Papa is a strict authoritarian. Their mother Beatrice Achike also known as Mama is a silent character in their family. Papa is dominant character and he always punishes his children and wife when they fail to live high standards life as him. Self identity is defines as a sense of self built. It emphasizes a sense of individual autonomy rather than communal involvement. Self identity is important issue when a person becomes matured one. Ultimately, human beings grow up to find the answer for the question “Who am I?”

Key words: Post Colonial, Silent, Dominant, Self identity, Self built, Individual autonomy.

P. KALAIVANI

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Postmodernism in abstraction, is a recent intellectual movement which has a powerful influence on contemporary literary writings, apart from other forms of representations. World War II divided the world as before and after it. The ideas of individuality, identity, gender-relations got challenged and a new discourse was created to represent the disjunction of modern perspective. The postmodern influence also challenged the modern approach to literary texts. Postmodern writers seem to have new discursive practices to represent the present condition. John Robert Fowles is an English novelist. He is critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. The French Lieutenant’s Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction. Fowles explores new ideas that informed the British society during the Victorian Era. He re-works on the traditional boundaries of narrative in modern manners. The novel features alternate endings. It compares the ethics of the Victorian characters living in the second half of the nineteenth century.Fowles also attempts to convey to the reader his actual conviction of how a novel should be written from the modern author's stance, while criticizing both the 'form-obsessed’ school of writers and the shortcomings of Victorian writing-techniques. This short paper will examine some of the novel’s aspects, and the accurate depiction of the morals of Victorian age while maintaining a certain critical distance. Also, the narrative perspective and the alternative endings while be discussed.

Keywords: Postmodernism, Victorian era, historical fiction, narrative techniques.

BIRAJDAR LAXMI M.

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This paper exhibits the benefits of using mobile phones for learning purposes mainly improving technical students ‘English language Skills’ through BRITISH COUNCIL English Score which is an online tool for testing English level with Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) globally recognized language proficiency standard. I conducted  English proficiency test of final year polytechnic students with British Council app which was analyzed in this paper. The paper concludes with findings of test & with some recommendations for improvement.

Keywords: Gadgets, Mobile assisted language learning (MALL), Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), British Council, and Communication Skills.

NIVAS SAKHARAM PATIL & DR. N. B. MASAL

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Realism in European countries is a multifaceted having touch of different socio-economic characteristics. The purpose behind experimenting realism in literature is focusing on reality and morality which is usually realistic and intrinsic for society and people as well. Realism, on the other hand, is being practiced on the matters of real life, which represents things, actions and social circumstances in point of fact without any artistic touches or feelings. Realism could be considered or defined as a reaction against romanticism. Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding were prominent authors who dealt with realism in literature. The realism in writing is a kind of reflection of daily happenings in an individual as well as social life. Realism could be read as a reflection of the real happenings in the space of life which brought into the light of the people of the society with stylistic.

Key Terms: Realism, Social Realism, Class System, Class Conflict, working-class life, Psychology.

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