Editor-in-Chief PUNE RESEARCH

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PUNE RESEARCH  

AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL IN ENGLISH

( ISSN 2454  -  3454  ONLINE )

 VOLUME 2 , ISSUE - 6  ( NOV-DEC  2016 )

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JAYAN T.

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DR. R. SANDHYA

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Tagore’s greatest play Mukta-dhara, which deals with the terrible inroads which the machine can make into the human personality, and with the ruthless technological power of science which tends to crush the human spirit.  Of course, science is the greatest benefactor mankind has known so far; but science has its dark side too: think only of the two atomic bombs which were thrown over two cities of Japan during World War II, and the destruction which they wrought.  The play Mukta-dhara depicts the conflict between the evil side of science and the humanitarian impulses of mankind.

Key words: - ruthless technological power of science, atomic bombs, World War II, humanitarian impulses, mankind

SUNIL N. WATHORE

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William John Shakespeare, the world’s greatest dramatist and best interpreter of the human nature, was born in the pleasant town of Stratford-on-Avon.  The soft flowing Avon and the picturesque variety of the neighborhood must have made a deep impression on him.  Surely, he has noted everything he saw, the hills, the dales, the meadows, the woods and their flora and fauna.  He is regarded as the greatest dramatist of the world, one who towered head and shoulders above his contemporaries.  Glowing tributes are paid to his genius and he is called, ‘the world’s immortal poet’.  But he did not achieve this greatness and glory at once.  He began his career by working as an actor, then he revised and modified existing plays and the plays so modified, proved to be more appealing than the original plays.  It was in this way that he painstakingly acquired the requisite knowledge of stagecraft.  It was in this way that he mastered his art.

DR. K. MATHURAMANI. & P. RAJKUMAR

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The Indo-Anglian fiction are concerned, they are social problems and domestic problems. The Indo-Anglian literature is different from the Anglo-Indian Literature. The former is the genre written and created by the Indians through the English Language; the latter is written by the Englishmen on themes and subjects related to India. The Indo-Anglian literature, therefore, is very much associated with Indian English. The Indo-Anglian literature is different from the Anglo-Indian Literature. The former is the genre written and created by the Indians through the English Language; the latter is written by the Englishmen on themes and subjects related to India. The Indo-Anglian literature, therefore, is very much associated with Indian English. But the credit of bringing a name and reputation to Indo-Anglian fiction goes to a few contemporary writers such as Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R. K. Narayan, and Nirad Chaudhuri.

Key Words: Indian English, as Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R. K. Narayan,  Nirad Chaudhuri.

DR. VIBHA B. AGRAWAL & SAMSHAD N. SHEIKH

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A lot of strategies are being formed and reformed from time to time to make teaching and learning of English effective and fruitful but one or the other way, these strategies fail to put forth expected outcome from the vernacular learners. English is taught as a second language to the vernacular learners in acquisition poor environment with limited exposure to the language and they have to face a lot of difficulties in acquiring English language competency. They do not get congenial atmosphere at schools and colleges to meet with the goals of learning English. At the very initial stage, when it is expected to motivate such kind of learners to acquire the language skills, it is imbibed in their tender minds that English, being an align language, is too difficult to learn. In such disappointing situation motivation plays a pivotal role to boost the confidence of the discouraged learners. Our paper aims at studying and analyzing the various ways in which motivation can prove to be one of the best stimulants in acquiring and enhancing English language skills.

Key Words: motivation, vernacular learners, acquisition poor environment   

J. MARY VASANTHI & DR. N. BINDU

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the position of the oppressed in the Indian society and highlight problems of existing caste prejudice in Sivakami’s “Grip of change” .  In this novel the writer picturises how dalit women are socially, economically and sexually exploited by the so called “upper caste Hindus” and not to overlook the abuse by their own men. The writer was exposes the atrocities germinating from discrimination  gender and caste wise.

SUSHITHA ANOOP

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A historical novel contains truth and imagination. On examining the relation between art and history, one can understand that history requires truth to the events of the past, but art requires imagination and concentration on needs of art. The writer of a historical novel must use the facts of history according to the needs of her novel. She maintains truth to history. At the same time, she deviates from the facts of history in order to introduce new characters for making literary effectiveness. In Idris, Anita Nair takes the opportunity to select past events of seventeenth century and combine them with the plot of the novel through her powerful imagination. She does not hesitate to reveal her novel as a historical narrative. In New Historicist reading of Idris, it is clear that Anita Nair is influenced by her own social sphere and surroundings. She is inspired by eastern culture, Nair Tharavad, Malabar and women’s position in the society. Her main character Idris belongs to multicultural setting.

Key words: caste system, trade relations, multiculturalism, existentialist dilemma

DR. C. JAGAN ALIAS YESUPATHAM

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Teaching and learning endures the nuances of literary position in the value of comprehensive formation of the language acquirers. The language acquirers are the essential target for all the pedagogies which entirely administer the levels of teaching for the language learners. I would like to insist through this journal paper that the decoding and interpreting would examine the couple of learning and acquiring assumptions. The profession of teaching and educating may reflect the method of language learning in the manners of skillful adaptation and variation in acquisition. The predicaments of learning the languages rely on the patterns of the languages which are entirely distinguished with the forms and patterns of one’s own language system. Each   language structure discriminates the other languages in the various aspects .in various. The language learners should adopt and practice English language from the well known languages of their own mother tongue. Therefore the learning system plays the vital role in the other social factors of language acquisitions.

Keywords:  Learning, Teaching, Acquiring, Pattern and Language.

DESHMANE ONKARESHWAR R.

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African American Literature is rooted in America by writers of African descent. The primary origins of this genre can be traced in eighteenth century writers as Philips Whitely and Olaudah Equiano, who reached high points with slave narratives and the Harlem Renaissance. Today African American Literature is continued with authors such as Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Walter Mosley who are ranked as the top writers in the United States. This genre is accepted as an integral part of American literature. This special kind of literature has generally focused on themes of particular interest to Black people in the United States.  Black Feminism is the acknowledgement that women of color have been oppressed by sexism and racism, that there was a failure to recognize and address these issues in the Feminist Movement and the Black Liberation Movement, and that women of color have their own agenda that neither movement can take on. “Black Feminism focuses on the experiences, needs, and desires of women of color”

Key Words- Black Feminism, Alice Walker, Tony Morrison, Black Liberation.

DR. B. T. LAHANE

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Chetan Bhagat has created the character of Aarti in his novel 'Revolution 2020'. When we study his female characters, we remember the heroines of Shakespeare alone and independently fighting against the traditions, protocols and biases of society. Even his characters remind us the characters of real flesh and blood by Charles Dickinson, a great Victorian novelists. Bhagat created his characters to live and visualize the aspirations and the views towards the life of modern girls and boys. He has presented Aarti as globalised modern Indian girl. She breaks all the traditional attitudes of society towards women. Not only Aarti but his all heroines change the attitude of society towards women.

SHAILAJA B. WADIKAR

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The post-independence period witnessed the rise of the cultural movements like the Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA) in 1936 and the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) in 1943. “The IPTA’s purpose was clear-cut from the beginning: to portray through the medium of the stage and other traditional arts details of external aggression by the fascist, internal repression by a colonial government, and the disintegration of the economic life with an intention to enlighten Indians about their possible role in solving these problems.”

People joined hands against the emerging trends of capitalism, imperialism and fascism and provided a strong support to the Communist Party of India, worker’s associations and peasant movements. The ‘Gana Natya Andolon’ (People’s Theatre Movement) and the ‘Naba Natya’ (New Theatre) indicated a total break from the traditional Bengali theatre. It had initiated the beginning of the New Drama Movement in Bengal during the 40s and the 50s.  

SEEMA BANSAL SOMANI & DR. ROHIT PHUTELA

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Women’s Studies have become important in modern context by obtaining the status of independent gender studies in every nook and corner of the world. Any research conducted in this branch has a far reaching impact on the community of womanhood irrespective of their geographical, religious and cultural locations. Today the most interesting questions are connected with the investigations of social factors that influence a person’s behavior according to her/his gender. Language, literature and art help to open new aspects of gender development and get the deeper understanding of existing social and cultural practices. As the modern age is generating the new and bold compositions in women’s literature encapsulating the myriad manifestations of present day generation, the emergence of the new discourses on woman is also a common phenomenon. These new discourses break the myth of the accepted modes of gender featuring by probing the gender constructions. Catering to the need of the upcoming times, this paper offers a different critical perspective for Indian women’s literature. This fresh critical insight will create many debatable issues as the upcoming models of women’s behaviour in fiction can’t be judged by the obsolete critical norms.

M. MYNAVATHY & DR. V. THAYALAN

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English language plays a major role in all the schools across the country. It is seen that each parent wishes, their children should be able to speak English fluently. Schools or Colleges and language teaching institutions are taking various measures for teaching English. English language is more important in the school level because in the present day scenario working knowledge of English has become an unavoidable necessity. On the other hand they may have some inhibitions in using the second language in real life situation. The goal of language learning lies in using the language in different social contexts. So this study concentrates on the evaluation of English Speaking Skill of learners who are treated as second language learners to find out the problems and evaluate the spoken English of the first year higher secondary school students with Tamil as regional medium of instruction at the rural area taluk of Mettur at salem district Tamil Nadu State, India.

DR. SHUBHA MEGHWANSHI

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In 2007, the Indian Government announced a nine fold increase in higher education spending over the next five years. While this came as good news to a sector characterized by limited supply and uneven quality, three years later it is apparent that a more concerted effort is required. Quality has become the defining element of education in the 21st Century in the context of new social realities. How to provide quality education to large numbers at affordable costs is the primary concern of developing countries. Quality, as all of us are aware, makes education as much socially relevant as it is personally indispensable to the individual. In this sense quality becomes the defining element of education. This paper identifies the key challenges the Indian higher education is facing and evaluates the proposed solutions.

Keywords: Higher Education, Quality, Education.

SOMAPALYAM OMPRAKASH

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DR. SRI. PA. DHEVARAJAN

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