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Item Ambivalence in Paul Scott’s The Jewel in the Crown: A Postcolonial Interpretation(Faculty of English, 2013) Mandal, Arun KumarUpon the close and thorough inspection of Paul Scott’s The Jewel in the Crown(1966),it is revealed that the postcolonial scholarship does not merely include the study of the colonized countries after its independence.It makes the sober interpretation of the impact of the colonialism on the native life from the very beginning of the colonial enterprise. The paper affirms the colonial relationship between the colonized and the colonizer to be in continuous fluctuation as they are never in complete opposition.This ambivalence has invoked various notions of the critics. It, for some, de-centers the authority of the colonialist in the long run whereas its impact is still debatable for many postcolonial thinkers. Colonialism begets nationalism which promises the emancipation of the majority of natives but ends in frustrating eliticism rooted in Western Universalism. This campaign of the representation of the national consciousness in the native literature is still incomplete. Therefore, to ensure the true independence of the colonies of Europe, the postcolonial critics and writers must attempt to retrieve the subaltern consciousness and identity in their work.As soon as this proletariats’ contribution gets prominence in the nationalist literature instead of native elites who very strategically align with the colonialist, the recovery of the missing nationalist spirit starts and hence the real nationalism.Item A gendered approach towards transitional justice in Nepal: Evaluating mechanisms and processes(Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, 2022) Tuladhar, SudikshaWomen become more vulnerable during times of war. Their gender roles are often questioned and pushed more than their capacity during such difficult times. The armed conflict of Nepal (1996-2006) witnessed a large number of women participating in the conflict, but with little to no inclusion in the peace and justice process. Women were often looked down upon post the conflict. Due to traditional societal constructs and norms, many women were forced to return to their traditional roles of caring, nurturing and household chores despite fighting for their rights in the conflict. Many victims of sexual violence also faced difficulties in reintegrating themselves back into the society. Nepal is lagging behind in the transitional justice process. There has been little to no progress. In spite of being a part of numerous international and national instruments, Nepal has not been able to implement those instruments and investigate cases of sexual violence in a gender sensitive matter. This research aims to identify and then fill the gaps that have been existing in the justice process for women. Cases of sexual violence against woman often remain unaddressed and unresolved. This research further aims to move forward in a manner that is gender sensitive and try to find out possible ways in which such cases can be addressed. Key words: women, transitional justice, conflictItem Microfinance and Socio-economic Empowerment of Women A Case Study of Chapagaun 04, Lalitpur(Department of Sociology, 2016) Lakai, AnitaNot availableItem Parodizing American Progressive Era in E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime(Department of English, 2010) Bhandari, PrakashThe present thesis seeks to analyze the novel Ragtime from the discourse of parody. The notion of parody heavily verges on the theoretical base of Linda Hutcheon. This research foregrounds that the device of parody employed in Ragtime subverts the basic chant of Progressive Era represented in the official history. By exposing the bleakness of the social conditions, Doctorow, in his novel Ragtime parodizes the notion of equality justice and progress that are associated with American Progressive Era .The centrality of this novel lies in its representation of the official historiography through critical revisiting and ironic dialogue of the past.Item The Protagonist's Moves against Racism in Lee's Go Set a Watchman(Department of English, 2023) Ghale, JunThe thesis is an attempt to analyze the novel Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee through racism. The protagonist, Jean Louise, who once found her father, Atticus to be her real guard and a speaker against racism, now goes against him because she finds him being a racist having prejudice towards the black people. The issue why and how this man changed from anti-racist to racist, or whether he was a disguised person is the problem to be solved in the thesis. Atticus who is a lawyer by profession had done justice to a black man who was accused of raping a white girl, but now he thinks that the black people are backwards and if they are given freedom with rights, they will misuse it. The solution to this problem is that Jean’s father has been manipulated by power and goes against his initial stand, regarding racism. Therefore, Jean goes against him even if she regards him not only as her father but also her mentor. The lady who was dependent upon him in the past, has now developed her own conscience, and stands on her own feet supporting the truth.Item Racial Treatment of Denial in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom(Department of English, 2006) Dhital, NareshThis research work explores how denial of racial equality shatters the Southern white peoples' dream of achieving high social status. It analyzes Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! to trace the source of the protagonist, Thomas Sutpen's failure to found a noble family dynasty due to his own failure to adopt an attitude of racial equality. The work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter introduces the thesis. The second chapter discusses 'race and 'race relation' as critical tools to analyze the text. The third chapter analyzes the text to prove the point that racial prejudice brings disintegration in the lives of the whites. The fourth chapter summarizes the findings of the work.Item Slavery, Racism and Women's Voice of Freedom in Sula and Wide Sargasso Sea:A Study of Trauma(Faculty of English, 2015) Adhikari, Moho DattaThis research paper seeks to analyze the trauma of racial discrimination and marginalization and oppression of Afro-American as depicted in Morrison’s Sula and oppressive, colonialist society of Jamaica through the voices of women in Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea. Moreover Sulais the story of good and evildepicted through the friendship of two women who grew up together. Toni Morrison in the novel represents the traumatic events in the life of its black female protagonist, Sula. Her trauma is compounded by the deaths of her blood relations, loss of friendship and heartbreak in love.Morrison shows Sula as haunted by sorrow and pain. She describes experimental Sula as a New World black woman who speaks the voice of freedom, for not only black women but all the blacks of the society and nation. Likewise,Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of the female protagonist, Antoinette who loses the protection of family; her father dies, her mother remarries, their house is burned by angry ex-slaves, the mother goes mad and rejects her daughter. Liberation is grounded in the novel in Antoinette's' nostalgia for the culture of slavery. The novel depicts the trauma of nostalgic mental picture of life under slavery and racial discrimination.That’s why, to depict relationships damaged by racial and gender position and stories of painful lives regarding relationship within patriarchal oppression and racial and class domination, the researcher analyzes both novels through cultural dimension of trauma.