Functions of Literature,Anna Karenina, in Nilo Cruz'sAnna in the Tropics

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dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Jay Kumar
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T05:44:58Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T05:44:58Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractNilo Cruz'sPulitzer Prizewinning play,Anna in the Tropics(2003),shows importance of literature in life.Literature performs differenttasks. Firstly,it educates human beings. Secondly,it provides pleasures to them.Thirdly,it makes them serious and thoughtful.Leo Tolstoy's novel,Anna Karenina,as a representativetext of literature, performs all these tasks in the play,Anna in the Tropics. It educates characters like Marela, Conchita, Palomo andSantiago. Similarly,it also provides pleasures to them.But, it makes Chechen and Palomo serious and thughtful. It reminds Chechen of his ghost past?Mildred, and Palomo, of his duty to his wife, Conchita. Thus, they feel tortured in two different ways. So,the play shows dual functions of literature in life?en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/6570
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Englishen_US
dc.subjectcultural traditionen_US
dc.subjectliterature functionsen_US
dc.titleFunctions of Literature,Anna Karenina, in Nilo Cruz'sAnna in the Tropicsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
local.academic.levelMastersen_US
local.institute.titleCentral Department of Englishen_US
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