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October 2017 VOL. 9, No. 1 ISSN 0975 -- 6302 TJES TERESIAN JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES A Peer Reviewed International Journal Published by Department of English and Centre for Research St. Teresa’s College (Autonomous) Ernakulam, Kerala, Kochi - 682 011 (Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala) email : [email protected] Teresian Journal of English Studies A peer reviewed international journal on English language and cultural studies October 2017 © St. Teresa’s College (Autonomous) Ernakulam ISSN 0975 -- 6302 Subscription Rates:- Individual Institution Life Membership ` 5000/- ($ 100) ` 7000/- ($ 110) 10 years ` 2500/- ($ 50) ` 3600/- ($ 60) 5 years ` 1250/- ($ 25) ` 1800/- ($ 35) Annual [1 issue] ` 300/- ($ 7) ` 400/- ($ 8) US $ 3 per year should be added towards air-mail surcharge. Edited by Dr Celine E. Printed by the Principal. Published by the Principal on behalf of St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Cochin - 682 011, Kerala, India. Printed at Green Offset Printing Press, Ernakulam, Cochin - 682 018, Kerala, India and Published at St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Cochin - 682 011. EDITORIAL BOARD Editor Dr Celine E. Director St. Teresa’s College (Autonomous) Ernakulam, Kochi - 682 011, S. India Email: [email protected], [email protected] Associate Editors Dr V. Nithyanantha Bhat Dr Kannammal Professor of English, Research Supervisor Former Head, P.G. & Research Mahatma Gandhi University Dept. of English, Vellalar College for Women, Erode Dr V. S. Antony Professor of English (Rtd) Dr Fiona English Dr Vincent B. Netto Visiting Fellow in Culture, Principal Communication and Media, Fathima Matha National College, Kollam Institute of Education, University of London, Dr C.S. Biju 20 Bedfordway, London Associate Professor, Dept. of English St. Thomas College, Thrissur Dr Tessy Anthony C. Head of the Dept. of English Dr Priya K. Nair St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam Asst. Professor, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam Consultants Dr Susie Tharu, Former Professor of English, CIEFL, Hyderabad Dr V. C. Harris, Director, School of Letters, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam Dr Uma Jogulu, Dekin University, Australia Dr C. S. Jayaram, Former Head of the Department of English, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Dr S. Senthilnathan, Asst. Professor & Deputy Co-ordinator, UGC-SAT, Department of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University, Khajamahi Campus, Trichi - 620 023 Dr Anitha Devasia, Department of English, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam Language Editors : Dr Jisha John, Vidhu Mary John Book Review Editor : Dr Latha Nair, Department of English, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam Circulation : Department of English, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam Teresian Journal of English Studies Teresian Journal of English Studies is an innovative venture of the Department of English and Centre for Research, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam. The Journal is intended to promote studies in the English language, literature, culture, gender, neocritical and creative perspec- tives. It is an annual publication (published in the month of October) which seeks to give space to creative endeavours in the academic sphere. It is dedicated to all the former teachers of the Department who cherished the desire to see the Department grow and reach excellence in various fields, and who still encourage us with their valuable support. Call for papers Articles and research papers, original & unpublished, are invited. Manuscripts should be neatly typed in double space conforming to the eighth edition of the MLA. One hard copy and one soft copy should be sent to the Editor before July of every year. Articles should not exceed 3000 words. The editorial board is the sole authority to accept or reject any article. Editing any part of the published work comes under the purview of the editing committee. Subscriptions / Articles may be sent to : The Editor TJES, Teresian Journal of English Studies Department of English and Centre for Research St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam, Kochi - 682 011, S. India (Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala) email : [email protected] Table of Contents October 2017 VOL. 9, No. 1 ARTICLES Under the Oppressive Gaze of the Dictator: Herta Müller’s The Land of Green Plums as a Subversive Re-presentation of Ceau’escu’s Romania ..................................... 1 Ramesh K. G. Coerced into Silence: Subaltern Voice and Agency in Anosh Irani’s Dahanu Road ............................................................................. 9 Ramachandran K. Voicing the Poetics of Responsibility : Sara Joseph’s Aathi as an Ecocritical Document .......................................................................... 15 Shanthi Vijayan Uncanny in the Making: The Arcane Lure of Francis Itticora .................. 27 Jose Cardoz Literature and the Female Body: The Shifts in the Functions of Eroticism in Modern Fictional Narrative .............................. 39 G. Sujatha Performing Power: Play and Gender in Kodungallur Bharani Festival ....................................................................... 55 Nimisha K. Jayan Identity Shifts in Transnational Lives: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke ................................................. 66 Elizabeth Renu Body, Power and Inhumanity: A Biopolitical Analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go ............................................................... 72 Liz Mary Antony Conceptualizing Ethics in Trauma: A Study Based on the Malayalam Movie Apothecary ............................................................ 83 Shobha S. Nair The Sites of Resistance in Thakshankunnu Swaroopam ............................... 92 Manu - Khader Reading Habit among the Entry-level Undergraduates ........................... 100 Dalia D. Democracy in Exile: A Tibetan Model ..................................................... 113 Dr. Appu Jacob John Trissur Pooram: A Cultural Study.............................................................. 126 Arya Poems Walk Away .................................................................................................... 139 Let Me Live I’m Human ............................................................................ 139 The Tide Would Return ............................................................................. 140 Mirror Mirrors Not Mind........................................................................... 141 Away She Sauntered in Syria ..................................................................... 142 xxxxx Book Review The Immortals of Meluha ........................................................................... 144 Mareena Statement about ownership and other particulars about the newspaper - Teresian Journal of English Studies - to be published in October issue of the journal every year. FORM IV Place of Publication : St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam - 682 011. Periodicity of its publication : Yearly Printer’s Name : Principal Nationality : Indian Address : St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam - 682 011. Publisher’s Name : Principal Nationality : Indian Address : St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam - 682 011. Editor’s Name : Dr. Celine E. Nationality : Indian Address : St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam - 682 011. Owner’s Name : St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam - 682 011. Nationality : Indian Address : Principal St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam - 682 011. I, Principal, St. Teresa’s College declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 15th October 2017 Principal, St. Teresa’s College Printer & Publisher Under the Oppressive Gaze of the Dictator: Herta Müller’s The Land of Green Plums as a Subversive Re-presentation of Ceau’escu’s Romania Ramesh K. G. Nicolae Ceau’escu was the General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 and he was also the head of the state from 1967 to 1989. His regime was an oppressive one. When he was in power, people and the media had minimum freedom of expression and no manifestation of dissidence was left unpunished. The whole state was under the constant surveillance of his brutal secret police force—the Securitate—and their undercover agents. Many of the novels of Romanian-born German writer Herta Müller are set in the oppressive regime of Nicolae Ceau’escu and her dissident novels are alternative histories of Romania—histories written not from the centre but from the periphery as Müller often adopts the perspective of the German minority in Romania. Müller has suffered severely under the abusive power of the Securitate and therefore her novels can be aptly termed “autofiction” as she herself calls them. Herta Müller’s most popular novel The Land of Green Plums is set against the backdrop of the suffocating regime and it vividly portrays the impact of the all-pervading oppressive power on human beings. In the novel, overwhelming fear is the blatant emotion of the citizens of the totalitarian regime and the members of the Securitate are always vigilant to add to the fear by subjecting rebels to frequent interrogations and intimidations. The study is an attempt to analyse Herta Müller’s subversive re-presentation of Ceau’escu’s Romania in The Land of Green Plums. The Land of Green Plums is set in Romania in the 1980s and it recounts the trauma of living in an oppressive totalitarian regime. In the 1970s and 1980s Ceau’escu intensified and ramified his power to strengthen the disciplinary mechanism of the state. To keep his control over the state and the people intact, he empowered