www.literaryendeavour.org ISSN 0976-299X LITERARY ENDEAVOUR A Quarterly International Refereed Journal of English Language, Literature and Criticism VOL. IX NO. 3 JULY 2018 UGC Approved Under Arts and Humanities Journal No. 44728 CONTENTS No. Title & Author Page No. 1. Forms Of Anti-War Protest: A Study Of Picasso's War Paintings (1925-1949) 01-08 - Dr. Antara Bhatia 2. Langston Hughes' 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers': A Tribute 09-13 to African Heritage - Dr. Prabhanjan Mane 3. On Smaller Forms of Life, Landscape and The Seasons in 14-21 A. R. Ammons's Poetry - Dr. Salil Varma R 4. Protesting The Apartheid: A Reading of Dennis Brutus' Poems 22-25 - Dr. A. M. Sarawade 5. A Kaleidoscopic Study of Ali Jaweed Maqsood's Poetry 26-32 - Dr. Farhat Fatima 6. Wallace Stevens as a Naturalist: A Study of Selected 33-37 Poems From Harmonium - Dr. Mamta 7. Exploring The Distinctive Mood Change of The English Soldier 38-47 Poets During The Great War - Mr. Hussein Ahmed Abdo Rajhy and Dr. Ashok Kumar Sinha 8. Mappings: A Reflection of Vikram Seth's Diasporic Identity 48-54 - Tabinda Shamim 9. Wordsworth's Ode On Intimations of Immortality From Recollections of 55-57 Early Childhood: An Analysis - Dr. P. Madhan 10. Tradition, Transition and Transformation: A Study of Women Mythical 58-61 Characters in Select Plays of Indian Women Playwrights - Dr. Shuchi Sharma 11. Convalescence of Indian Culture and Tradition in Girish Karnad's 62-65 The Fire and The Rain - T. Gnanasekaran and Dr. M. Shamuna Jerrin Araselvi 12. Motherly Women of Two Faces in Rabindranath Tagore's Chokher Bali 66-70 -S. Samundiswari and Dr. Rajalakshmi Sathyananthan 13. Blurred Lines: C.G. Jung's Theory of Anima and Animus in 71-75 William Shakespeare's Macbeth - Preethy Eapen 14. Untold Reseasons for Gender Discrimination: A Study of Mahesh 76-80 Dattani's Selected Plays - Sujoy Barman 15. Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions: A Counter Discourse to The Issue 81-84 of Communalism - Dr. Amrita Ghosh 16. Mahesh Dattani's On a Muggy Night in Mumbai: A Critique 85-90 of (Hetero)Sexism - Dipak Giri 17. An Ecocritical Approach on The Selected Plays of Wole Soyinka 91-94 - R. Ravindran and K. Maithri 18. Myth and Folklore in Karnad's Yayati 95-96 - Veereshwar Naik G. 19. Conscience - A Focal Concern in Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession 97-101 - C. V. Viswanadha Rao and V. Siva Prasad 20. Eco-Critical Fabrics in MariamaBa's So Long A Letter 102-105 - Anslin Jegu J and Dr. A. Linda Primlyn 21. The 'New' Indian Middle Classes and The Packaged Tour: 106-110 Comparative Paradigms - Sindhu J. 22. The Social Construct of An Ideal Wife According to The Bible 111-115 - Recho Benjamin Teron 23. Flying Home: A Journey towards Freedom 116-118 - Dr. Neeta Lalwani 24. A President and The Nation - Mapping of Symbiotic Discourse of 119-128 Introspection and Outlook - Dr. T. Radhakrishna Murty 25. Standing at The Cross-Roads: Shashi Deshpande's Heroines 129-134 - Dr. Amitabh Roy 26. An Ecocritical Analyses of Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K 135-139 - Meera Prasannan 27. Roots And Shadows: A Sruggle for Dignity, Confidence and Responsibility 140-141 - Shailaja Sangaraboina 28. Between The Worlds: Gender Discrimination and Feminism in 142-147 Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things - Poulami Ganguly 29. Homeland Hoodwinks Vis-À-Vis Home Holds Back in Ali Sethi's 148-152 The Wish Maker: Negotiating Mourning and Melancholia - Abhisek Ghosal 30. D. H. Lawrence As A Critic 153-155 - Mr. Basavaraj Yallur 31. Thomas Hardy's Short Stories 156-158 - Mr. Basavaraj Yallur 32. Domestic Perception in Amitchaudhuri's A Strange and Sublime Address 159-162 - M. Balamurugan and Dr. L. Baskaran 33. Transcreating The History: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children 163-169 as a Cinematic Narrative - Surbhi Sharma and Rajni Drora 34. A Saga of Compassion and Conflict: An Analysis of The Joint Family 170-174 System in Manju Kapur's Home - Anusha P. 35. A Re-View Into The Genesis of Detective Fiction 175-178 - Sabir Ahmed 36. William Gibson's Bridge Trilogy as Cyberpunk Science Fiction 179-185 - Dr. Ramesh Chougule 37. Introduction to Ecofeminism: An Indian Perspective 186-192 - Sanjukta Bala 38. A Saga of Redemption and Resurrection: Sagacious Sanguinity 193-199 in Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns - Dawn Mariat Mathew 39. British Imperial Policy in Kenya and its Effects: A Study of Ngugi 200-205 Wa Thiong'o's Weep Not, Child - Pratik Chakrabarti 40. The Hermit of The Woods 206-209 - Ekta Sawhney 41. Social Perspectives of Indian Woman in Kamala Markandaya's 210-213 Nectar in A Sieve - Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan 42. Henry James' The American: A Thematic Study 214-216 - Dr. P. Boomiraja 43. David and His Brother Jack -A Conflict of Australian Identity Myth 217-220 in George Johnston's My Brother Jack - Midhu Mirian Alex 44. Dalit Literature: A Cultural Study of Subordinates 221-223 - Dr. A. T. Gavhale 45. Significance of Naming In Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 224-228 - Poonam Setia 46. Mutliple Narratives, Much Positionality: An Analysis of Margaret 229-233 Atwood's Mythopoeia in The Penelopiad - Kiran Yadav 47. Bonds and Burdens of Motherhood in Perumal Murugan's One Part 234-236 Woman and Ayobami Adebayo's Stay with Me: A Comparative Study - Dr. A. Benita 48. Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer: A Saga, Unravelling The Irony of 237-240 Pop Culture Myths - Aananthi Ballamurugan and Dr. S. Christina Rebecca 49. Journey for Enlightenment: A Study of Anita Desai's Journey to Ithaca 241-246 - B. Sandhya Rani 50. One Indian Girl: Representation of Feminism 247-249 - Amol Vasantrao Musale and Dr. Sunil Kumar Navin 51. Poverty and Suffering of The Children in Select English Novel 250-252 - Dr. A. Gowri 52. Child as a Hero: A Valorization of Heroic Friendships in The Boy 253-258 in Stipped Pyjamas and One Half From The East - Manjari Jhunjhunwala 53. Exposing The Pangs of Women in Bapsi Sidhwa's The Pakistani Bride 259-261 - A. John Sujith and Dr. R.Suriya Prakash Narayanan 54. Confrontation of Myth and Reality in The Novels The Penelopiad and 262-268 The Palace of Illusions - Samadhanam Emimal. M. and Dr. S. Christina Rebecca 55. Multi-Cultural Aspects in The Novels of Maxine Hong 269-272 Kingston and Amy Tan - K. Hema Latha and Dr. A. Linda Primlyn 56. Trends and Strategies in English Language Teaching: Retrospects 273-278 and Prospects - Dr. R. Dyvadatham 57. Flipped Classroom Approach: Opportunities and Challenges 279-284 - Ritu Saxena, D. K. Pandey and Nitin Kr Saxena 58. ELT Approaches: The Changing Paradigms of Language Learning 285-291 W.R.T National Capital Region of India - Mr. Yusuf Mehdi and Dr. Rakhee Sameer 59. Soft Skills Program: A Mandatory ESP Curriculum for Workforce 292-300 Readiness of Engineers - Ms. Shruti Shrivastava and Ms. Rakhi Sameer 60. Salient Linguistic Features in Chemmeen, The English Translation of 301-304 Narayana Menon - Prof. R. Ilavarasan and Prof. S. Saravanan 61. Postmodernism: A New Cultural Process 305-310 - Manojkumar T. Mane 62. Hard Science Fiction: Theory and Praxis with Special Reference 311-315 Tor. J. Sawyer's WWW Trilogy - Ms. Salama Isak Maner and Dr. Rajashri Barvekar 63. Images and Myths in Ted Hughes' Rain, November and Theology 316-321 - Dr. Munthir M. Habib 64. The Triumph of A Writer: A Study of K V Raghupathi's 322-323 Can You Write A Story of Mine? - Yash Raj and Dr. Siva Nagaiah Bolleddu Literary Endeavour (ISSN 0976-299X) : Vol. IX : Issue: 3 (July, 2018) www.literaryendeavour.org 1 01 FORMS OF ANTI-WAR PROTEST: A STUDY OF PICASSO'S WAR PAINTINGS (1925-1949) Dr. Antara Bhatia, Assistant Professor, Delhi University, New Delhi, India Abstract: This paper seeks to examine the pacifist stance in the war paintings of Pablo Picasso, focusing on the period between 1925-1949. The artist uses typically Cubist techniques, such as fragmented subjects, geometrical figures and multiple perspectives, to bring out subtly the horror and devastation of war. There is a subtle shift from the abstract nature of his Analytical and Synthetic Cubism phases, which carried on till about the first decade of the 20th century, to the period pre and post the World Wars. Art, in his conceptualisation, becomes very much a part of the public and political sphere, capable of change and fiery activism. The subjects of many of his paintings post 1925 are distorted and broken, riddled with symbols of death and despair. A sense of foreboding and disillusionment pervades the canvases, along with deeply philosophical representations of the futility of the human condition. The paper discusses Picasso's post war works vis-à-vis his controversial, sometimes unpopular political leanings. Keywords: Pablo Picasso, World War, Anti-War, Modern Art, Cubism. Pablo Picasso's career is so varied and immense that art historians have divided it into phases, both chronologically and thematically. His Early Years combined experiences from his native country with his adopted one, and thus there is a range of influences that can be seen. These include the new ideas of the Parisian art circle, such as those of Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent Van Gogh, Renoir and so on, coupled with Spanish masters such as Velasquez. The Blue Period was his phase of social comment where he displayed compassion for the common masses, their poverty and harshness of condition. The subjects ranged from beggars in Madrid to prostitutes in Barcelona. This implies a move away from the early influence of Impressionism and its prioritisation of atmospheric effects towards an emotional, intense form of art.