Sambuddha Acharya History, Literature, and Criticism Roll Number - 47 May 5, 2019 “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.”, the tagline governing the series of the Assassin’s Creed video games, is Ubisoft’s attempt to introduce to the gaming world the sphere of philosophy. The video game, as a medium, is in relative terms a rather … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Unity: Representation and the Mimetic Cycle →

Ratul Dutta UG3 001600401060 Abstract: Written at a time of acute political crisis Raktakarabi uses one of the mythology to recreate the idea of nation as well imbibe in it’s audience the structure of colonization that remained blurred to them for a long time. It mocks and critics at the same time how different indigenous … Continue reading Raktakarabi: Retelling mythology to create a postcolonial identity →

Abhinav Roy UG III Roll no. : 26 Abstract: One of the most important ideas in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot is that of Christ, his meaning and his relevance in the modern world. Other equally important themes dealt with in the novel, such as death, time, and the nature of love, among others, are themselves … Continue reading “We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ”: The Figure of Christ in Dostoevsky’s ‘The Idiot’ →

Amreeta Das UG III Roll 31 Dept of English I want to begin by posing a simple question: Did the oral poet believe in the Muses? However, far from being able to formulate a conclusive answer, I want to examine the ways in which the relationship between the oral poet’s method of composition and the … Continue reading Did The Oral Poet Believe in the Muses? Some Approaches Towards Understanding the Stuff of Belief. →

Pratyasha Roy Roll-001600401017 Abstract: In The Great Indian Novel , Shashi Tharoor offers an alternate revisionist reading of the history of India from its independence struggle to the late 1980s by casting historical figures into mythological characters from The Mahabharata. This paper seeks to analyse his dealing of Indian national history by dividing it into … Continue reading History, Myth and Anecdotes in Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel →

Ayantika Nath UG3 Roll number 07 E. M. Forster, in the year 1915, came to Alexandria as a Red Cross functionary whose job it was to interview wounded soldiers about those still missing. It was here that he made an unexpected friend. The friend he made was the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy. In his … Continue reading “It is you they love still,it is you their souls remember”:Exploring the relationship between Alexandria and C. P. Cavafy →

Sanglap Das Department of English, Jadavpur University Class- UG3 Class roll no- 001600401050 Abstract: The Ancient Greek poem Theogony by Hesiod has been discussed comparing with other origin stories mainly focusing on Enuma Elish and The Song of Kumarbi. Various common themes among the origin stories and their significance have been discussed. Theogony (Greek: Θεογονία, … Continue reading Origins of Ancient Origin Myth: Theogony →

RUDRANI BOSE, UG III, ROLL NO. 23 Abstract : Myths are not static. The understanding and significance of myths change with time and differing social, political, historical and cultural contexts. Myths are reflective of human ideas and as ideas progress, or regress, the way a myth is viewed undergoes alterations. The myth of Leda and … Continue reading “The Brute Blood of the Air” : Exploring the representations of the myth of Leda and the Swan in art and the portrayal of women in myth. →