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Item Advocacy for Free Speech in Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories(Faculty Arts in English, 2012-08) Katuwal, Narayan KrishnaThis thesis is a study in Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a novel by Salman Rushdie. The research work deals with the magic realism and the allegorical aspect in the novel at different levels. Khattam-Shud, the fundamentalist ruler of Chup allegorizes Ayatollah Khomeini in particular and all the totalitarians, who do not tolerate ensured individual right of expression, get threatened with imaginative power of language and want to censor and poison the stream of expressions and stories. On the contrary, Gupland permits people’s right of free speech, free narrative and thus celebrate the imaginative and creative power of language. Guppees, Rashid and Haroun collectively represent moral and peace loving people who show their courage and honor to rescue the Kahani from the murderous hands of Khattam-Shud. Rashid’s experience with the loss of storytelling gift is similar to that of Rushdie’s experience with censorship. Ayatollah Khomeini imposed a Fatwa upon Rushdie after the publication of The Satanic Verses. Instead of silencing a creative writer such as Rushdie this declaration of death punishment fuels to the creative response which boldly resist the censorship. Through the allegory Rushdie is turning spotlight on the evil qualities of dictators. Rulers are supposed to be protective towards their citizens but Khattam-Shud is destructive one. Rushdie uses this ironic note to criticize the fundamentalist rulers of the world. Through magic realism and allegorical perspective, the thesis concludes that the novel’s meaning and essence lies in its anti-censorship narrative, stressing that a society that allows free speech is always far ahead than the one restricting it.Item Interface between Magic and Reality in Coelho's Like the Flowing River(Department of English, 2014) Karki, Hem SinghTo delve into the everyday phenomena like death, love, circulation of money, faith among others which are either taken for granted or ignored by people in general, Paulo Coelho in his novel Like the Flowing River, makes use of supernatural elements. Coelho in the novel presents own thoughts and feeling on life experiences where he touches the philosophy of life and appeals to go on an exciting journey of own. The present research probes into the issue of unveiling daily phenomena of life devouring magic realism as its weapon. In Like the Flowing River magic realism occurs when a character in the story continues to be alive beyond the normal length of life and this is subtly depicted by the character being present throughout many generations. The research diving into nearly fifteen stories and articles collected in Like the Flowing River unveil the blending of reality with the fantasy. Through these different stories Coelho deepens to find out how we receive spiritual guidance or wisdom presenting the real characters in the fictional events and settings and vice-versa.Item Ironic Representation of the Female Power in Coelho's Brida(Department of English, 2011) Rai, ChomitraThe present dissertation seeks to explore the ironic representation of the female agency in Paulo Coelho's novel Brida. It attempts to show how Brida's resort to magic for her empowerment undermines her effort to challenge patriarchy. In the novel, Brida manages to challenge patriarchal values once she becomes a witch armed with supernatural powers under the guidance of two teachers of the magic and witchcraft: Wicca and Magus. It shows that Brida, as a woman, is not capable of challenging patriarchal values in reality. Therefore, her challenge to the patriarchal values through witchcraft and supernatural powers undermines Brida's own identity and agency as the woman.Item Magic realism as a medium of women’s emancipation’s in Marquez's Innocent Erendira(Department of English, 2012) Bhandari, GokarnaNot AvailableItem Magic Realism in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor(Department of English, 2008) Acharya, MukundaThe Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is based on the heroic deeds of Luis Alejandro Velasco, who endured the sharks, escaped the whales, survived the harsh sun and remained afloat for ten days, without food and water in the middle of the ocean. This real incident is no less than the magical fantasy, which glorifies the The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor beyond the imagination and capacity of a mortal being. It thereby creates pure fantasy blended with realism, and magical realism. Seemingly realistic events blended with magical. However, the irony behind this heroism is that the unexpected survival of Velasco became unbearable to the authorities. They entrapped him in such circumstances that he is forced to hide for his life. Therefore, The Story of Shipwrecked Sailor is a rare combination of suspense and thrill, blended with elements of courage and zeal for life; altogether and a man’s struggle against the nature and its harshness for life.Item Reconstruction of History: Reading Chronicle of a Death Foretold(Faculty of English, 2014) Adhikari, Braj MohanThe present study focuses on one of the most dominant aspects of historical reconstruction – genealogical method of analysis as proposed by Michel Foucault – in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold. This research examines how Marquez applies this innovative literary technique of genealogical analysis of the history in this novel. In this sense Marquez deconstructs the traditional concept of history by denaturalizing the facts of the official history. Blurring the traditional concept of historical reconstruction, Marquez moves forward and backward in time, while reconstructing a murder that occurred twenty-seven years back. He even challenges the concept that history always presents absolute and certain events in their periodical order. To show this uncertainty he also applies magic realism that blurs hierarchy between the real and the fantastic. Though Marquez is writing this novel to reconstruct the real happening, he also exposes how the discourses operate in society. In this matter, power plays a great role to mobilize these discourses. This novel shows how power itself shifts its balance and become creative. As a genealogical analysis Marquez's concerns also realize on the formation of self or subject, where the tradition of counseling affects. So, Marquez doesn‟t believe the official version of history as the valid and authentic one. He rather views it as a discourse created by the ideology of the state or the society, which can never go beyond the ideology in which it is written or produced.