I SSN 1725 2278 876X American College Journal of English Language and Literature (ACJELL) (A Peer-reviewed International Journal) No.7 ISSN: 1725 2278 876X 2018 SINCE 1881 Research Department of English THE AMERICAN COLLEGE Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India ACJELL 2018 The American College Journal of English Language and Literature 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] and [email protected] Publisher RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH The American College 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 Dr. J. JOHN SEKAR, Editor-in-chief Head Research Department of English Dean, Policies & Administration The American College CHIEF PATRON Dr. M. DAVAMANI CHRISTOBER Principal & Secretary The American College Madurai, India PATRON Dr. J. HELEN RATNA MONICA Bursar The American College Madurai, India CHIEF ADVISORS & FOUNDING FATHERS Dr. S. STANLEY MOHAN DOSS STEPHEN Professor Research Department of English The American College Dr. G. DOMINIC SAVIO Professor Research Department of English The American College INTERNATIONAL EDITORS Dr. ELLIS MARY Dr. MANIMANGAI MANI Senior Lecturer Professor of English ELL Department Universiti Putra Malaysia National Institute of Education 43400 UPM Serdang Nanyang Technological University Selangor Darul Ehsan Singapore Malaysia Dr. ANITHA DEVI PILLAI Dr KANDIAH SHRIGANESHAN Senior Lecturer SEDA UK Accredited Teacher in Higher Education ELL Department Senior Lecturer in ELT National Institute of Education ELT Centre Nanyang Technological University University of Jaffna Singapore Thirunelveli Jaffna, 40000, Sri Lanka Dr. T. KARUNAKARAN Head, ELT Centre Dr. ROHAN SAVARIMUTTU University of Jaffna Senior Lecturer Sir. Pon Ramanathan Road Department of Languages & Thirunelvelly Communication Studies, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka Trincomalee Campus (Eastern University, Sri Lanka) Konesapuri, Nilaveli, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka INDIAN EDITORS Dr. J. SUNDERSINGH Head, Dr. M. LAWRENCE Department of English Associate Professor Karunya University, Coimbatore Research Department of English, The American College Dr. J. RAJAKUMAR Associate Professor Dr. J. PAUL JAYAKAR Research Department of English Assistant Professor The American College Research Department of English Additional Dean, Policies & Administration Dr. M. RAJENDRA PANDIAN The American College Associate Professor Research Department of English The American College 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 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, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes were published in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 respectively. Keeping in mind the twin aims of the founding fathers of the ACJELL, the reviewers have selected 54 articles from both literatures and language for the current issue. The twin aims are to inculcate quality research and publication culture in MPhil and PhD scholars, and to provide platform for college and university teachers of English language and literature in the southern region of the state to publish their articles for the purpose of continuous professional development and career advancement. As in the previous volumes, postgraduate students have also contributed some articles in the present volume. Quality research and 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. It is heartening to note that the present day research scholars show enthusiasm for presentation and publication of research articles. The editorial board has to balance between quantity and quality since both are complementary. Technology, especially Whatsapp, facilitated the editorial board to stay in touch with the contributors as frequently as necessary in exchange of comments from the peer-review committee on an hourly basis for the improvement of their 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. The idea of making ACJELL a biannual is also in the pipeline with a view to providing more space to young researchers. We hope that CARE will take care of ACJELL in the coming years. The Editorial Board gratefully acknowledge the invaluable service rendered by Dr. B. Suresh, Librarian of Madurai Kamaraj University in getting all the articles plagiarism- checked on the UGC-recommended software URKUND. Dr. N. Vasantha Kumar, Librarian, Daniel Poor Centenary Library of the American College, Madurai deserves a special mention for it is he who facilitated the contact with University Librarian. Dr. M. Davamani Chritober, Principal & Secretary and Dr. Helen Ratna Monica, Bursar of the College are thankfully remembered for their encouragement and support to the ACJELL publication every year. Editor CONTENTS S. No. Title Page No. 1 Paranormalism in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” and Toni Morrison’s Beloved 1 AAKHILA NASEEM, S 2 Can English Teachers Facilitators in Indian Classroom? 3 ABARNA SRIPREETHI, K 3 Enhancing Socio-linguistic Competence through Language Testing 7 ABINAYA, R 4 Influence of Psychology in English in English Language Teaching 10 ABUKANIBA MEERA, P 5 Updating English Vocabulary through ‘Know your English’ of The Hindu 12 ALIS SOFIA, A 6 Text-Context Oriented Stylistics in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun 15 ALOYSIUS ALBERT, S 7 Where is the home of (for) Homosexuality? An analysis of Shyam Selvadurai’s 19 Cinnamon Gardens AROCKIA NIRMAL DOROTHY, S 8 Plight of Dalit Women in Bama’s Sangati 21 ASLIN JERUSHA 9 A Feminist Reading of Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie 24 BANUMADHI, G 10 African American Transcendence and Transculturalism in Rita Dove’s The Darker 28 Face of the Earth BEULAH, G 11 Who Really Feeds and Who Really Pretends to Feed the World? 32 BLESSY SORNA PUSHPA, N & RANI PRIYADHARSHINI, V 12 Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity of Applied Sociology and Theoretical 34 Linguistics: A Study in Sociolinguistics CHELLIAH, S 13 Image of Women in Indian Context: A Study of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Esmond in 39 India CHITRA, R & GANESAN, M.P. 14 Food as a Tool of Ostracism in “They Eat Meat!” 43 CHITRA, V.R 15 Monica Ali's Brick Lane: A Cross-Cultural Study 46 DAFFNY ORANGEMARY, S 16 Selfhood and Estrangement of Immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Namesake: 50 A Postcolonial Study DAFINISHA, D.S., LINDA CHELLA, R & SAJEETHA, B 17 Inherent Gender Disparity in Patriarchal Social Order: Representation in Select 53 Novels in English DEVIKA, S 18 Estrangement of the ‘Father’ in Dilip Chitre’s “Father Returning Home” 57 DINAKAR, A 19 Aesthetics of the Indian Diaspora: A Study 60 DOMINIC SAVIO, G 20 Teaching Descriptive Writing through INSTAGRAM 63 EMERALD JACQULINE, S & SHANMUGATHAI, M 21 Personal Victory and Communal Failure in John Edgar Wideman’s Brothers and 68 Keepers EVANGELINE SWEETY 22 Promoting Cognitive Thinking through Contextual Learning 72 IRUDHAYA JESINTHA, E 23 Glocalization of Culture in Anita Rau Badami 75 JASMINE ISAAC 24 Quest for Multi-ethnic Culturalism and Self-Identity in Mordecai Richler’s Son of a 78 Smaller Hero JEYA JEEVAKANI, G 25 Love, Marriage and Sex in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s A Backward Place 81 JEYARAMAN, C.S 26 'To Adopt' or 'To Adapt to’ Collaborative Learning? 84 JEHOSON JIRESH, J 27 Research Potentials of English Studies in India: Reflections on Renovation-before- 89 Innovation JOHN SEKAR, J 28 Technology in Language Teaching and Learning 94 JUDE LIVINGSTON, T & RANI PRIYADHARSHINI 29 CLT for Pronunciation Teaching and Testing 96 KALAIMATHI, S 30 An Ecocritical Reading of Judith Wright’s Select Poems 99 KARUNYASUNDARI, V 31 Socio-Political Condition in Nayantara Saghal’s Storm in Chandigarh 102 MARGARET KARUNYA, R & GANESAN, M.P 32 Perplexities in the Second Language Syntax: A Study 105 NIVETHA, S 33 Mismatch between Outcomes and Assessment in Engineering College English 109 Curriculum PARVATHAVARTHINI, S 34 Voice of the Self in Helen M Buss’ Repossessing the World: Reading Memoirs by 113 Contemporary Women PAUL JAYAKAR, J 35 India in Transition: Dismantling Cultural Hegemony in the Novels of Manju Kapur 116 PONMARI, V 36 Changing Patterns of Life in Ravinder Singh’s This Love that Feels Right 120 RATHIKA, B 37 Essentials of Identity in Maya Angelou’s “Still I rise,” “Caged Bird,” and “Arkansas” 123 REXMART, R 38 Enhancing Language Learning through ICT 125 ROJA, K 39 Ru Freeman’s A Disobedient Girl: A Marxist Feminist Reading 128 ROJA, K 40 Madame Neilsen: A Missionary to Visionary Matriarch in Lorraine Hansberry’s 130 Le Blancs SANGEETHA, V 41 Translanguaging as a Pragmatic Disourse: Advantages and Complications 133 SATHIAN DANIEL PERIYASAMY, S 42 Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities for ELT