Kamalakar Baburao Gaikwad

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The title of this academic book is ‘Critical Reflections in Literary Research’. It is mainly written for the research scholars, teachers and literature readers. It covers the topics which cultivate their interest and overall insights about the literary research. The papers compiled in this book represent the fruitful and stimulating conversations. Its main objective is to acquaint the readers about the pioneering fictional perceptions of the English literature. This book is a timely collection of research papers on English literature that brings together a diverse assortment of scholarly contributions which explores complex intersections. The most captivating characteristic of this book is its capacity to bridge seemingly incongruent disciplines. Each research paper offers a fresh perspective, a unique insight and its relationship with broader societal issues. Each paper demonstrates the relevance and richness of literature as a field of academic enquiry. These papers represent a unique exploration of how literature engages with societal issues such as association of law and literature, cinema and literature, third gender people and religion, thematic significance of Raja Rao’s Kanthapura and Annabhau Sathe’s Fakira, a brief review of Henry Fielding’s works, Bhavik Sarkhedi and Suhana Bhambhani’s views on existential crisis, Arun Joshi’s perspectives on existentialism, Aristotle’s concept of tragedy, caste discrimination and east-west encounter in R.K.Narayan’s fiction and a critical study of post-modern Indian English Dramatists. The book also comprises with the research papers which highlight on true happiness in Oscar Wilde’s novels, Dr. Ambedkar’s opinions on education, ecclesiastical intuitions in Graham Greene, significance of values and mannerism through J. C. Hill’ s work, Narayana Murthy’s need for excellence, need of translation through Mahesh Elkunchwar’s novel, association of education and religion, traits of protagonists, pseudo-zeal of worshippers, racism, womanism and marginalization of black women, caste, culture and politics reflected in dalit literature, the role of recent trends in shaping modern Indian English literature, quality of mercy, blending of mock epic, irony and fantasy and the portrayal of emancipated and new woman in Namita Gokhale’s novel, alienation in Toni Morrison and Alice Walker’s novels, Religious Pluralism in Swami Vivekananda’s work, mistaken legalistic validation in Joseph Heller’s work and women images through Sylvia Plath’s 'Mirror'.