A Refereed Journal of Studies in English VOLUME : 14 Year : 2018 THE JOURNAL OF RASE A Refereed Journal of Studies in English Conference Papers presented at the XIV Annual Conference of RASE hosted by Chartered Institute of Technology Abu Road, Sirohi (Rajasthan) 4-5 November 2017 Guest Editor : Dr. Rukhsana Saifee Managing Editor : Prof. Hemendra Singh Chandalia BOARD OF ADVISORS BOARD OF REFEREES • Prof. Galin Tihanov • Prof. Umed Singh George Steiner Professor of Professor and Head Comparative Literature, Queen Mary Department of English, University, London CDL University, Sirsa, Haryana, India • Prof. Roland Greene • Prof. Jaideep Sinh Dodia Mark Pigott KBE Professor Prof. and Head School of Humanities and Sciences Department of English Stanford University, Stanford,CA, USA Saurashtra University • Seyyed Bagher Mirshojaee Rajkot, Gujarat, India Department of Foreign Languages and • Prof. P.K.Patra Linguistics, Shiraz University, Iran Professor and Head, Department of • Prof. Z.N.Patil English, Bodoland University, Assam Formerly Professor • Prof. B.K.Anjana University of English and Foreign Professor, Department of English Languages, Hyderabad, India Vikram University, Ujjain • Prof. A. Joseph Dorairaj Madhya Pradesh, India Professor of English and Dean, • Prof. A.S.Adhikari School of English and Foreign Professor and Head Languages, Gandhigram Rural Institute Department of English (Deemed to be University) Kumaun University Campus Gandhigram, Tamilnadu, India Almoda, Uttarakhand , India • Prof. Sabita Tripathy • Dr. Prakash Joshi Professor and Head Department of English and Other Department of English, Sambalpur European Languages, Dr. Hari Singh University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India Gour Central University, Sagar, MP 197 Editorial English Literature has a history of about six centuries. Sir Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400AD) is said to be the father of English Literature. One would not believe that prior to the Age of Chaucer English was considered to be the language of the rustics and the uneducated people in England. Latin was the language of learning and scholarship. Since then, for nearly four centuries England remained an important centre of learning. The expansion of British Empire facilitated the spread of English Language across the globe. Countries in Africa, Asia, America, Australia and Europe adopted English as a language of learning, research, administration and also as a language of creative expression. Though colonization caused enormous suffering to people but it did aid in the expansion of English Literature across these countries which were ruled by the British for some years. The world wars brought about a sea-change in the world politics. The British Empire shrunk to a small island in the northern Europe. However, English Literature and Literature in English flourished. The work of writers in the erstwhile colonies added immensely to the treasure of literature in English. It was given the name of Commonwealth Literature since these writers belonged to the countries which were members of the Commonwealth. These writers found prominence in world literature and won several awards as well. The focus shifted from England to the commonwealth. Even in the academic world English Literature programmes included the writings of non-British writers. Another genre which flourished was literature in English translation. Literature written in almost all languages in the world appeared in English translation and so the world of literature in English expanded. The world wars brought down the political power of the British Empire but her literary and academic glory continued. People from across the world kept on streaming into England in pursuit of scholarship. This converted England into a cosmopolitan nation. The presence of nationals of countries from Asia, Africa, Europe and even China transformed the English society. Though England is a constitutional monarchy, liberal and democratic forces prevailed. Authors who wrote in the late twentieth and twenty first century wrote on issues emerging out of changing international situation, migration, race and gender based discrimination, futility of warfare and the need to understand the need of building up of a multicultural society. Editorial This number of the journal contains quite a few articles which focus on this scenario of 21st century England. In England nationalism is tied to the idea of supporting state policy as we find in India. Many writers in England have raised their voices in favor of global peace, maintaining of ecological balance despite England’s participation in allied forces which attacked many countries in the Middle East. The year 2017 marked the 200th birth anniversary year of Karl Marx. His contribution to the political economy is well known. But he has contributed to literature and art as well which finds expression in a number of his writings. Not only this, political and economic thought of Karl Marx has influenced world literature a lot. Therefore, it has been attempted to include some articles on his contribution to literature. Jane Austen’s 200th death anniversary also falls this year. To commemorate her some articles focusing on the literary contribution of Jane Austen also have been included in this number of the journal. In addition to this English Language has emerged as lingua franca of the world. In most institutes of Professional studies English is learnt as a language of communication as well as a language of research writing. It was interesting to examine this phenomenon of renewed interest in English as a means of written and oral communication in technical institutions. Quite a good number of research articles which discuss the teaching and learning of English in India make a part of this journal. The Journal of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English has been a peer reviewed journal being regularly published for last thirteen years but now onwards a board of Advisors has been constituted including academicians from across the world to guide and help the Association in excelling in the field of research in English Language and Literature. We hope the journal will be able to fulfill the expectations of the members of RASE as well as other readers. From 2019 the back issues of the journal will also be available on the website of the Association www.raseindia.com. We would welcome all suggestions and critical views to improve the academic excellence of the journal. I am sure the volume would make an interesting and profitable reading. This number is dedicated to late Prof. S.N.Joshi, who guided the Association for fifteen years since its inception as its President. Date : 13/12/2018 – Rukshana Saifee Guest Editor CONTENTS Page 1. The Post Modern Anxiety In Ian Mceawan’s Saturday 1 – Adarsh Rai 2. Ian McEwan’s Saturday as a Literary Response to 9/11 6 – Samikshya Patnaik 3. The Next Generation Poets 2014: Voices, Themes and Concerns – Siddhartha Pratapa 14 4. Zadie Smith: White Teeth and Multiculturalism 22 – Dr. Mehzbeen Sadriwala 5. Literature and Multicultural Sensibility 30 – Shailendra H. Pandey 6. Law and Literature: Re-Visioning the Legal and Feminist Discourse – Renuka Verma 38 7. Carl Churchill’s Drunk Enough to Say I Love You and Seven Jewish Children: A Study of Theatre of Dissent 45 – Dr. Priyanka Yadav 8. Independent Consciousness – Evolution of Nazneen in Brick Lane by Monika Ali 55 – Dr. Rashmi Rajpal Singh 9. Literature and Environment: An Eco-critical Study of Anita Desai’s Selected Novels – Dr. Sumer Singh 60 10. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: Class and Society, Marriage and Women– Dr. Rekha Tiwari 72 11. Women Sensibility in the Works of Jane Austen 85 – Trusha S. Vyas 12. Overcoming Challenges for Teaching Technical Communication 89 – Dr. Yashwant M. Sharma 13. Professional Challenges for Teaching English to Rural Learners 95 – Dr. Imtiyaz M. Shaikh Contents 14. Steps for Enhancing Communication Skills of Learners through Professional Arenas 103 – Dr. Sayarabanu I. Durvesh 15. Challenges of Teaching Professional Communication 111 – Dr. Manoj Kumar 16. Cost of Living in a Predominantly White Society: A Note on Second Class Citizen 115 – Sheikh Suheel Meraj 17. Expatriate Voice in Post Twentieth Century Poetry: Daljit Nagra 123 K.S. Kang 18. The ‘Third Gender’ in the Third World: Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps around the Fire 127 – Parul Mishra 19. Dismantling the Idea of Purity in Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Circle of Reason 133 – Swati Kumari 20. Style and Language in Jane Austen’s Novel 145 – Sonika Gurjar 21. Into the Wild Zone: A Female Gothic reading of Where Shall We Go This Summer 151 – Dr. Aditi Dev Deol 22. The Abandoned: A Horror-Bridge between Past and Present 157 – Narendra Pal Singh Panwar 24. The Bollywood Brand of Police: A Typological Schema 165 – Dr.Devendra Rankawat and Mrs. Chanchal Sharma 25. Identity Crisis in JhumpaLahiri’s ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ 181 – Megha Choudhary 26. Do Humans enjoy more freedom than Clones? A study of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go 187 – Tarana Parveen Our Contributors 195 Journal of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English 14:1-5 (2018) The Post Modern Anxiety In Ian Mceawan’s Saturday Adarsh Rai The word postmodernism brings in the concept of modernism and it is necessary to talk about modernism before we discuss postmodernism. Here I don’t want to indulge myself in the long and controversial discussions over the differences between both terms. However, it is now a part of general consensus that postmodernism is a kind of continuation of its predecessor modernism. Nonetheless, there are differences on the grounds of fragmentation, attitude towards history, attitude towards grand narratives, parody, pastiche, unity of works, and so on and so forth. The sense of unity, among others, is the major distinguishing factor between modernism and postmodernism. The shift from unity to disunity can be found by comparing the modern and postmodern texts. Capitalism has contributed substantially in shattering the unity and reality as well. The modern works possessed a sense of unity, however, with advent of postmodernist sensibility, the works dispensed with this sense of unity.