ZEITGEIST FIESTA

The Making of a Freud-Ally: Interpretation of a Dense Dream by a Dear Friend i never knew or rather believed Freud was that rational in his theories, for i have oft studied and read him with a tinge of suspicion, garbing him in mysterious attires. i had, most often, discarded him as illogical or better, beyond my logic. but now, i think he is carving a niche in me. this happened when one of my friends, of course a Freud-defender, interpreted one of my "Dollywood Superhit" dreams leaving me jaw-dropped. the dream was something that i saw in my PG first sem. it went on like this: a beautiful white palace, painted hither and thither in dark green, of whose quadrilateral verandah with an open courtyard is only visible to me. the verandah has got white pillars supporting it, while the courtyard is sunlit. the minister's daughter, that is me, is in love with the prince of the palace. but the prince is nowhere to be seen; hopefully studying somewhere abroad. a seemingly ...

HAREM LITERATURES: CONSTRUCTION AND REPRESENTATION OF IDENTITY Life Writings and the Problem of Representation As Marlene Kadar says, “when writers want to be read, they have to be more flexible and take more chances than the standard scholarly writing allows: often they have to be more direct and more personal” (2). In a broadened sense, life writing is often considered as one of the most celebrated genre by feminist literary critics, mostly a subject of gynocriticism. It is a kind of writing about ‘the self’ or ‘the individual’, at times resembling a biography or autobiography, but also embracing letters, diary entries and even journals. What makes life writing distinguished from other literary forms is that it need not be written by ‘literary figures of the high culture’, but also be inscribed by ordinary men and women of the common folk. When written by ordinary people, it becomes a part of the ‘non-traditional literature’ and may include personal narratives, oral narratives ...