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American College Journal of English Language and Literature (Acjell) No American College Journal of English Language and Literature (acjell) no. 4 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X 2015 Research Department of English The American College Madurai, Tamilnadu, India American College Journal of English Language and Literature (acjell) no. 4 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X 2015 Research Department of English The American College Madurai, Tamilnadu, India © acjell 2015 the american college journal of english language and literature is published annually. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form and by any means without prior permission from: The Editor, ACJELL, Postgraduate and Research Department of English, The American College, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. Email: [email protected] ISSN: 1725 2278 876X annual subscription— International: US $ 50 | India: Rs.1000 Cheques/ Demand Drafts may be made from any nationalised bank in favour of “The Editor, ACJELL” Research Department of English, The American College, payable at Madurai. Publisher: Research Department of English The American College, Madurai 625 002 Design and Production: +G Publishing, Madurai | Bangalore E-mail: [email protected] | www.plusgpublishing.com 04 Vol. No. 3 | March 2015 Editorial Board Dr. J. John Sekar, Editor-in-chief Head, Research Department of English Dean, Academic Policies & Administration The American College Editors Dr. S. Stanley Mohandoss Stephen Visiting Professor Research Department of English, The American College Dr. G. Dominic Savio Visiting Professor Research Department of English, The American College Dr. Francis Jarman Hildesheim University, Germany Dr. J. Sundarsingh Head, Department of English Karunya University, Coimbatore Dr. J. Rajakumar Associate Professor Research Department of English, The American College Dr. M. Lawrence Assistant Professor Research Department of English, The American College Dr. J. Paul Jayakar Assistant Professor Research Department of English Additional Dean, Academic Policies & Administration The American College 05 American College Journal of English Language and Literature Contents 1. “The Circle of Reason” Dismantling Canonical Ecological Ideology 3 Aarthi, S 2. Autobiographies as the only Best Source of ‘Knowing’ the Marginalized 9 Aishwarya, K 3. Sexual Assaults: An analysis with reference to Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” 15 Ajitha 4. Digitization of Library: Learners of Text to Speech Output Method 21 Ajukesh, R 5. A Journey towards Trans-cultural Identity: A Study of Bharati Mukherjee’s The Tiger’s Daughter 27 Dr. Amutha, A 6. Historicizing Fiction: A Study of Jean Arasanayagam’s All is Burning 33 Anita Caroline, T 7. Green the Mind, Green the World: A Study in Eco-feminism 37 Anjana, S. A 06 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X No. 4 | 2015 8. Pritish Nandy: The Pioneer of Erratic Themes and Techniques in Contemporary Indian English Poetry 43 Dr. Dominic Savio, G 9. Breaking Boundaries: Pluriculturalism in the Select Fiction of Rohinton Mistry 51 Fernando Delishia 10. Nature vs. Civilization in Toni Morrison’s “Tar Baby” 57 Guna Sundari, S 11. Power and Social Structure 63 Indhu, M 12. Enhancement of English Language Learning Through MALL Practice 67 Jeano, J 13. Is the Author Dead, or Alive to be Problematic? 73 Dr. John Sekar, J 14. Promoting Learner’s Autonomy through Music 80 John Vijayan, C 15. Metacognitive Awareness on Listening 85 Kalaimathi, S 16. Language for Autistic Children 91 Leeli Chalcedony, J 17. Agonies of Wounded Self: A study of Krishna Datta’s “A Fistful of Life” 95 Mahiba, G 18. Teacher Cognition and Integration of Language Skills 99 Malar, V 19. Improving Speaking Skills through Multimedia Strategy 107 Malini, M 20. Deciphering Western Hegemony of Knowledge and Power in “The Calcutta Chromosome” 113 Dr. Manimekalai, S & Dr. Prasanna Devi, P 21. Distortion of Identity in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” 121 Dr. Moovendhan, M 07 American College Journal of English Language and Literature 22. From Farms to Firms: A Study of Sharon Pollock’s Generations 129 Dr. Natarajan, U 23. Creating Metacognitive Awareness While Teaching Writing Skills in ESL Context 135 Parvathavarthini, S 24. Manawaka Women’s Search for Identity: A Study of Margaret Laurence’s Select Novels 141 Dr. Paul Jayakar, J 25. Indeterminacy of Participant Role 147 Pavithra, A 26. Voice of the Unheard in Manjula Padmanabhan’s “Lights Out” 151 Prathibha, D 27. The Spicy Life of Indian Immigrants in Divakaruni’s “The Mistress of Spcies” 157 Priya, R 28. A Parallel Study of Shenoy’s “The Secret Wish List” and Spivak’s “Feminism and Critical Theory” 163 Priyadarsini, K 29. Gregor Samsa: An Alienated Self in Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” 167 Ramya, R 30. Man-Woman Relationship in Preethi Shenoy’s “The Secret Wish List” 173 Rathika, B 31. The Powerful Conjure Woman: A Folk Heroine in Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Salt Eaters” 179 Dr. Roselin Mary, A 32. Magical Realism and Isabel Allende 185 Dr. Saktheswari, R 33. Conflict and Cultural Affirmation in Margaret Laurence’s “The Fire Dwellers” 193 Sheila, J 08 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X No. 4 | 2015 34. Received Pronunciation vs. Tamilized English: A Study in Contrastive Phonetics 199 Sherlin Raja, A 35. Social Media: A gamble with the English Language 205 Shrihari, S 36. From Suffering to Self-actualization: A Study of Patrick White’s “Voss” 211 Dr. Siva Priya, B & Dr. Manimekalai, S 37. New Historicism: Literature as an Interweaving of Sorts 221 Smith Wigglesworth, S 38. Is Language the Realization of the Unconscious? A study of Lacan’s “The Insistence of the Letter in the Unconscious” 227 Stanley Devaraj, S 39. Deep Ecology: An Exploitation of Nature in David Klass’ “Firestorm” 231 Suresh Rajan, R 40. Rewriting History: Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight Children” 237 Surya, G 41. Creativity in a Classroom 245 Titus Richard 42. Cultural Conflict in Bharati Mukherjee’s “The Tiger’s Daughter” 251 Mrs. Uma Devi, A 43. Phases and Problems of Human Sexuality in Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Flower of Blood 257 Vannia Das, N 44. Blurred Sexuality in a Hybrid Culture in Manju Kapur’s “The Immigrant” 261 Vidhya, M 45. Science Fiction Elements in Salman Rushdie’s Grimus 265 Dr. Vignesh Kumar, A 46. Redefining Gender Stereotypes in Shashi Deshpande’s “Small Remedies” 271 Vinola Jerry, J 09 American College Journal of English Language and Literature 10 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X No. 4 | 2015 Editorial The American College Journal of English Language and Literature (acjell) is the brainchild of the then Heads of the Department of English Dr. S. Stanley Mohandoss Stephen and Dr. G. Dominic Savio and the first issue was released in 2012 by the then Vice Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University Dr. Kalyani Mathivanan. She emphasized in her talk a pertinent point that “a journal is sustained by the citation it receives.” The second and third volumes were released in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Due to unavoidable circumstance, the fourth issue could not be brought out earlier than planned. Keeping in mind the twin aims of the founding fathers of the acjell, the reviewers have selected articles from both literatures and language for the current issue. The twin aims are to inculcate research and publication culture in MPhil and PhD scholars and to provide platform for college and university teachers of English language and literature to publish their articles for the purpose of continuous professional development and career advancement. Articles included in the current issue range from problems in Teaching of English, Diasporic literature, Blended learning, Technology in Teaching, Literary Theories, New Literatures, 1 American College Journal of English Language and Literature Fourth World Literatures, and of course the mainstream literatures as well. acjell 2015 is special in the sense that it could reach out to more number of MPhil and PhD scholars than the previous issues. They account for nearly 50% of the articles in the current issue. Our aim is to bring out special volumes on the scholars’ contribution periodically. Research and publication culture continues to be alien to Indian literary academia. It is heartening to note that the present day research scholars show enthusiasm on presentation and publication of research articles. We are planning to go online so that acjell can become an indexed journal thereby its impact factor and h-index value could be quantified. Eventually, it can branch off into special issues on different literatures in English, theories, and ELT related issues as wished by the founding fathers. We assure you that acjell 2016 will be released before the end of the year with more new areas and contemporary themes. Dr. M. Davamani Chritober, Principal & Secretary and Dr. Helen Ratna Monica, Bursar of the College are thankfully remembered for their encouragement ad support to the ACJELL publication every year. 2 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X No. 4 | 2015 “The Circle of Reason” Dismantling Canonical Ecological Ideology Aarthi, S Abstract A growing concern of postcolonialism is postcolonial ecocriticism that relates ecological problems encountered by the present day world due to different forms of imperialism. As postcolonialism dismantles the ideologies of colonial past, postcolonial ecocriticism goes beyond the ‘relationship between literature and the physical environment’ to focus on political and ecological imperialism of the Western world. ‘Ecological imperialism’ is a term coined by the British environmental historian Alfred Crosby that ‘ranges in implication and intensity from the violent appropriation of indigenous land to the ill-considered introduction of non-domestic livestock and European agricultural practices.’ (Haggan & Tiffin 2010:3) Postcolonial ecocriticism thereby foregrounds literatures’ engagement with the globalization of environment. Keywords: Postcolonialism, Ecocriticism, Ecological Imperialism, Amitav Ghosh is one of the well established contemporary Indian writers whose works draw wide readership and critical acclaim. His first novel The Circle of Reason (1986) is a fictional narrative of a history of a brewing war, dispossession and capitalist exploitation that has its roots in land. It is a critique on Western militarism and ecological imperialism in the Middle East.
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