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Item Satire of Secular Culture in O'Connor's Wise Blood(Department of English, 2006) Khadka, Prem BahadurThe present research work studies O'Connor'sWise Bloodas a satire on secular American culture. In order to expose the satire, the study focuses on the grotesque activities of thecharacters and the extensive use of animal imagery in the text. It studies the symbolic significance of the grotesqueness, eccentricity and animal imagery so as to expose spiritual decline in human beings in modern times in America. The work has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter gives a general introduction to the work. The second chapter makes the study of satire and secularism. The third chapter analyzes the text to reveal the satire that human beings are turning into animalism in modern times. The fourth chapter is the conclusion of the work.Item Tradition Versus Modernity in Orhan Pamuk’s The New Life(Department of English, 2013) Paudel, Yak RajThe present research analyzes the transformation of Turkish people from tradition to modernity illustrated in The New Life (Yeni Hayat in Turkish language) written by Orhan Pamuk. The central story revolves around the worthless and vain journey undertaken by the protagonist of the novel, Osman and other characters being influenced by a magical and all-impressive book written by Uncle Railman Rifki, which promises a new life full of freedom, autonomy and humanity, and free from narrow traditional constraints and restrictions. This journey is supposed to lead them towards civilization from barbarism but ultimately ends in apocalyptic bus wrecks and accidents aborting their main mission to reach their dreamland. The novel chronicles the mesmerizing events of the transcontinental country, Turkey – which lies in both Western Asia and Southeastern Europe - and its major towns thereby showing ‘the Great Conspiracy’ of the west to equate modernization with westernization and even with Christianization. The attraction and fascination of Turkish youths towards western and the so-called modern culture and civilization as illustrated in the mysterious book discarding their indigenous culture and civilization is paralleled and juxtaposed with the old people’s objection of the same. The oscillation of the events and ideas between tradition and modernity and Pamuk’s valorization of the Turkish original and indigenous culture and civilization are highlighted in The New Life leading him from the forefront of his country's writers into the arena of world literature.Item Women’s Liberation and Secularismin Orhan Pamuk’s Snow(Department of English, 2010) Shrestha, YuvrajOrhan Pamuk’s Snowis the depiction of the voice of female in a largely confined Muslim society, like Turkey.But, the trend of globalization is taking its toll and, the residents are increasingly being aware to the happenings in developed societies.The western media takes interest in the ongoing trend of young girl’s suicide, in the pretext they are banned from wearing ‘burka’–a traditional face covering shawl worn by females. Turkey is a confined Muslim society; however, it is coming in terms with the western world, through media and open market policy. In the backlash of this situation, the rampant suicide is a wonder happening to the west, and Ka, a local poet cum reporter comes to investigate the scenario. Similar to many of the traditional societies, where women’s role is limited within the four walls of the domesticity, Turkish culture is no exception.The coming of the concept of secularism in Turkey has divided the mentality of women and crisis looms large on them.