The paper examines how myths and folktales have emerged as the primordial mode of disseminating n... more The paper examines how myths and folktales have emerged as the primordial mode of disseminating narratives in the history of the Anthropocene. Antiquated and antediluvian, myths have outlined the sociocultural tapestry of the Jungian collective unconsciousness of humans and, diachronically, adapted, reformulated, and reconfigured themselves into a network of neural and theological archetypes that readily transcend borders, sensibilities, and subjectivities. Drawing on the taxonomies of Claude Levi-Strauss, the study explores and establishes a comparative foreground of mythemes and archetypal narratologies that have transnationally dispersed and socio-politically refurbished themselves over a period of spatial and temporal exchanges that have emerged between the global and urban channels of modern communication. The displacement of mythemes and their intercultural germination have manifested in modern urban fantasy fictions, which readily draw upon a body of eschatological, soteriological, and angelological archetypes, which subsequently relocate them in a fragmented, yet culturally pertinent narrative formulation. The primary sources of examination utilised within the scope of the paper display a penchant for mythemes, archetypes, and the presence of an eternal Story as defined by Northrop Frye in his classification of mythological progression and reduplication in culturally relevant contexts.
Sally Rooney's primary concerns are Marxist critiques of neoliberal values related to private pro... more Sally Rooney's primary concerns are Marxist critiques of neoliberal values related to private property and wealth acquisition in a purely capitalist economy. However, her bourgeois novel form has been contended for perpetuating a postfeminist purview of feminine sensibilities. The research marks a stark departure from these evaluations and establishes that Rooney's women are self-conscious and constantly pitted against an elaborate structure of kyriarchy. The protagonist of her novel, Frances, becomes the mouthpiece of ideological disillusionment and liminality by existing in a space of constantly 'becoming'. These illustrations have been substantiated by drawing on the theoretical precepts of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, which promulgate that 'ideological schizophrenia' is the only way to transcend the panopticons of the concentric circles of false consciousness permeating the sociocultural milieu of a society. They revert to primal desiring-machines and an affective 'Body without Organs' that subverts any form of structural configurations within its loci.
Uploads
Papers by Amrusha Singh