Sep 2026· Tamilmanam International Research Journal of Tamil Studies· 0 citations
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In the history of Tamil short stories, Tamilavan's works hold a prominent place for shifting the emphasis from traditional author-centric storytelling to the reader's interpretive experience through postmodern narrative strategies. Grounded in Roland Barthes' concept of the "Death of the Author" and Michel Foucault's ideas on authorial power, the primary objective of this research paper is to examine how Tamilavan's stories deconstruct the singular authority of the writer over the text. Based on Tamilavan's five major short story collections, this paper analyzes how he avoids confining stories to fixed conclusions, structuring them instead as 'open texts' that allow readers to derive meaning across multiple levels according to their own perspectives. In addition, this study situates Tamilavan's narrative strategies within a broader comparative frame by drawing on Western reader-response theorists such as Wolfgang Iser, Stanley Fish, and Louise Rosenblatt, thereby extending the theoretical scope of the original enquiry. Ultimately, these works possess a unique approach that freely grants the authority of textual interpretation to the reader, transforming them into the central focus of the reading process.
The framework that the researcher operates with in this study synergises narratology, critical discourse analysis, a naming-in-discourse-historical approach, and Stylistics to critique Nobody's Story (1854) by Charles Dickens. An analytical study specifically concerning Dickens' use of narrative voice and name-words, t...
Khalid Jabir Hani· International Journal of Soc...· 0 citations
This study analyses the semiotic elements that make up Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Silence," so as to stir up a discussion about the place of the reader as the one who will construct meaning by bringing to the text his intertextuality and his reality. The study draws on Hasan's (1989) theory of Verbal Art and Hallid...
Luiz Antônio Caldeira Andrade, Záira Bomfante dos Santos· Diálogo das Letras· 0 citations
Focusing on the novel Manusi (2012) by writer Bama, one of the most significant figures in contemporary Tamil literature, this article extensively explores Dalit feminist perspectives. Although remnants of matriarchy from ancient Tamil society persist today, female subjugation continues in modern contexts through the d...
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This study aims to examine how narrative silence functions as a culturally productive interpretive strategy in Ismet Fanany’s short story Hadiah dari Rantau. Drawing on reader-response theory, it explores how textual gaps invite readers to construct ethical meaning through culturally situated frameworks rather than exp...
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