Browsing by Subject "British literature"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Results Per Page
Sort Options
Item Jim Dixon as an Anti-hero in Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim(Department of English, 2006) Sharma, Hari PrasadKingsley Amis' Lucky Jim features the status of the protagonist, Jim Dixon as an anti-hero because he lacks heroic ideals and virtues. Therefore, it is necessary to show contrast to Aristotelian typology of hero as set forth by Aristotle. Then the research leads to resemblances of anti-heroic character traits with the attributes of Picaro, yet he is devoid of other essential qualities like immorality, self-centrism, anger and inaction of Dixon regarding his activities and relationships with the people around him. So, the focus of this research is to label Jim Dixon as an anti-hero thereby providing a necessary expanse of clarification.Item Politics of Irony in George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man(Department of English, 2011) Bam, Lila RajThe objective of this study of the irony on the romantic notion in the play is to satirize the war and family affair in the society. Irony as a discursive strategy has been used to satirize and to provoke romantic comedy at the same time. Use of ironic language and ironically elliptical narrative has been employed to foreground the war that has been resulted in imbalanced relationship between characters in the drama. The issue of war between Bulgaria and Serbia and its effect as an irony upon the character involved in the war is vital in this study. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows more than one or several of the characters on the stage,a condition which pushes audience attention into the future because it creates anticipation about what is going to happen when the truth comes out. It is the analysis of what is said and what is unsaid in the drama.