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I SSN 1 7 2 5 2 2 7 8 8 7 6 X American College Journal of English Language and Literature (A Peer-reviewed International Journal) No: 9 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X 2020 Since 1881 Research Department of English The American College Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India American College Journal of English Language and Literature (ACJELL) (A Peer-reviewed International Journal) No.9 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X 2020 SINCE 1881 Research Department of English The American College (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University) (Re-accredited [2nd Cycle] by NAAC with Grade ‘A’ & CGPA of 3.46 on a 4 point scale) (A Mentor Institution) Madurai, Tamilnadu, India ACJELL 2020 The American College Journal of English Language and Literature (ACJELL) is Published Annually. ISSN: 1725 2278 876X All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form and any means without prior permission from Editor-in-Chief, Research Department of English The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India Email: [email protected]&[email protected] Publisher RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH The American College (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University) (Re-accredited [2nd Cycle] by NAAC with Grade ‘A’ & CGPA of 3.46 on a 4 point scale) (A Mentor Institution) Madurai 625 002, Tamil Nadu, India Designed and Printed at BODHI INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SCIENCE An Online, Peer-reviewed, Refereed and Quarterly Journal with Impact Factor www.bodhijournals.com EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. J. JOHN SEKAR Head, Research Department of English Dean, Academic Policies & Administration The American College, Madurai, India PATRON Dr. M. DAVAMANI CHRISTOBER Principal & Secretary The American College Madurai, India ADVISORS & FOUNDING FATHERS Dr. S. STANLEY MOHANDSOSS STEPHEN Associate Professor & PG Head (SF) Research Department of English The American College, Madurai, India Dr. G. DOMINIC SAVIO Associate Professor & UG Head (SF) Research Department of English The American College, Madurai, India INTERNATIONAL EDITORS Dr. ELLIS MARY Dr. ANITHA DEVI PILLAI Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer ELL Department ELL Department National Institute of Education National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore Dr. MANIMANGAI MANI Dr. T. KARUNAKARAN Professor of English Head, ELT Centre Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) University of Jaffna 43400 UPM Serdang Sir. Pon Ramanathan Road Selangor Darul Ehsan Thirunelvelly, Jaffna 40000, Malaysia Sri Lanka Dr. Dra. WIDYASTUTI PURBANI Dr. KANDIAH SHRIGANESHAN Associate Professor of English SEDA UK Accredited Teacherin Higher Yogyakarta State University Education Ministry of Research, Technology, and Senior Lecturer in ELT Higher Education ELT Centre Karangmalang University of Jaffna Yogyakarta 55281 Thirunelveli Jaffna, 40000, Dr. MAHENDRAN MANIAM Sri Lanka Associate Professor of English Language Dr . ROHAN SAVARIMUTTU Faculty of Languages and Senior Lecturer Communication Department of Languages & Sultan Idris Education University Communication Studies, Perak Darul Ridzuan Trincomalee Campus Malaysia (Eastern University, Sri Lanka) Konesapuri, Nilaveli, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka INDIAN EDITORS Dr . T. SHRIMATHY VENKATALAKSHMI Professor & Head, Department of English ANNA University, Chennai Dr . M. RAJENDRA PANDIAN Associate Professor Research Department of English, The American College, Madurai Dr. M. LAWRENCE Associate Professor Research Department of English, The American College, Madurai Dr. J. PAUL JAYAKAR Assistant Professor Research Department of English Dean for International Exchange & Study Abroad The American College, Madurai EDITORIAL The American College Journal of English Language and Literature (ACJELL), a peer- reviewed international journal, is the brainchild of the then Heads of the Department of English Dr. S. Stanley Mohandoss Stephenand 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 observed that “a journal is sustained by the citation it receives.” ACJELL 2020 is the 9th volume and it continues to strive in this direction.Meanwhile, the Editorial Board welcomes two new editors Dr.Dra. Widyastuti Purbanifrom Yogyakarta State University & Dr. Mahendran Maniamfrom Sultan Idris Education University. Keeping in mind the twin aims of the founding fathers of the ACJELL, the reviewers have selected 31 articles from literatures, cultural studies, and language for the current volume. The twin aims are to inculcate quality research and publication culture in students who aspire to become scholars, and to provide platform for college and university teachers of English language and literature in the southern region of the state of Tamil Nadu to publish their articles for the purpose of continuous professional development and career advancement. However, it is open to the scholarly community world-wide to share their research findings through ACJELL. As in the previous volumes, there are articles by PhD research scholars and postgraduate students. Quality publication culture continues to be elusive to Indian literary academia. Not many opportunities are available for Indian college teachers of English to bring their research findings to the international attention. The editorial board has to balance between quantity and quality since both are complementary. The pandemic through prolonged lockdown has limited the access to resources since libraries remained closed. Efforts are being invested to get the ACJELL indexed thereby its impact factor and h-index value of individual contributors could be quantified. The dream of making ACJELL a biannual will come true once it is indexed and included in the CARE List so that more space for PhD scholars in India can be provided. We hope that CARE will take care of ACJELL sooner or later! The Editorial Board gratefully acknowledges the timely action and magnanimity of Principal & Secretary Dr. M. Davamani Christober for sanctioning the necessary funds for the installation of the UGC-recommended URKUND Plagiarism Software. It has enabled many scholars across the State to get their articles and theses plagiarism-checked. The Board thanks Dr. N. Vasanthakumar, Librarian, Daniel Poor Centenary Library of the American College, Madurai for getting all the articles plagiarism-checked on the software at the American College Plagiarism-Consultation Centre. Editor-in-Chief CONTENTS S. No. Title Page no. 1 Wish Fulfilment: Psychoanalytical Approach to Haruki Murakami’s 1 Kafka on the Shore ALISHA, O 2 Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance: A Study in Existentialism 4 ANITA CAROLINE, T 3 Breaking the Prejudice: A New Aesthetic View of a Literary Text 7 ARCHANA, D 4 Thwarting the Investigative Maze: A Travail through the Escapade 10 in Drishyam (2013) ARUN PRASAD, R 5 Haiku Poetic Form in the Poetic Realm of Gary Snyder: An Appraisal 14 CHELLIAH, S 6 Going beyond Borders: Boundary Breaking Women in Shashi Deshpande’s That 19 Long Silence DOMINIC SAVIO, G 7 The Learner in the Postmethod Era 22 ESSAYA BRITTO RAPHAEL 8 Translation and Mistranslation in Machine Translation: 26 An Empirical Study GLORY GURSHETH, A. J 9 Culture and Tradition in Mahashweta 29 INDURI PARVATHI (BINDHU) 10 Decentering the Ethos of Aristocracy in Kazuo Ishiguro’s 33 The Remains of the Day JASMINE ISAAC 11 English Language Learning Materials Development under College Autonomy: 36 An Analysis JOHN SEKAR, J 12 Religion and Political Power in Benyamin’s Jasmine Days 44 JOHN PAUL, J 13 Symbols of the Orient: A Cultural Study 46 JOSIAH IMMANUEL, M 14 Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behaviour: A Journey from 49 Ignorance to Certainty KARUNYASUNDARI, V 15 Blended Learning Approach to the First Act of Harold Pinter’s 52 The Birthday Party MADHAVARAJAN, K & SELVAMALAR, J 16 Strife between Civilization and Natural life in Mark Twain’s 55 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn MANJU KUMARI, K 17 Metaphysics in Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet 58 NANDAKUMAR, K & SUBASH, S 18 Festivals and Culinary Carnivalesque: Analyzing ‘Onam’ as 61 Celebration of Food and Identity NEVILLE THOMAS 19 Role of Culturally Relevant Context in Retrieval and Retention of Lexis in 64 ESL and EFL Contexts PARVATHAVARTHINI, S 20 Female Journey towards Freedom: A Study of Margaret Laurence’s 68 The Fire- Dwellers PAUL JAYAKAR, J 21 Resistance against Male Gaze in Meira Chand’s A Different Sky 70 RAKHIBA, H & CHRISTOPHER RAMESH, V 22 In Conversation with Dr. K. V. Raghupathi 73 RAMACHANDRA BABU, V 23 The Angst of (Un) Knowing: A Postcolonial Reading of Badal Sircar’s Evam 77 Indrajit RAMANATHAN, S 24 Tracing the Origin and Growth of ‘Diaspora’ in Indian English Fiction 81 with Special Reference to Anita Nair: An Analysis RAMYA, C 25 Tamil Writing Teachers’ Perceptions About the Role of English in 85 the Classrooms RAVATHI GUNASEGARAN & ANITHA DEVI PILLAI 26 Women in K.Balachander's Kalki: An Analysis 95 SARASWATHY, A 27 Deep Ecology and Minatory Notes in Herriot’s All Things Bright and Beautiful: 97 An Ecocritical Reading SHARON ALICE CHRISTY, P 28 Language of the Voiceless in Eashvar Karthic’s Penguin 100 SHARON SUSANNAH, V 29 Translanguaging for English Language Learning 102 SHERLIN RAJA, A 30 Is Silence the Cause of Problem in Life? A Feminist Reading of Shashi 105 Deshpande’s That Long Silence SHINEE, A 31 Reader Response Theory: An Analogous Study 110 VINOTH, R & ELANGOVAN, M No.9 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X 2020 Wish Fulfilment: