Education is an outcome of the finest endeavours of human life to improve life’s processes. Educa... more Education is an outcome of the finest endeavours of human life to improve life’s processes. Education in general and higher education in particular envisages fulfillment of human pursuits in attempting to lead a happy life. The purpose of education is to metamorphose the basest human intentions that guide life into the most sublime and supremely perfection principles. Education should not only convert human beings into useful human resource necessary for nation building, but empower a human being to lead a purposeful, happy and meaningful life capable of finding fulfillment in life. Education should promote equity, harmony and individual liberty in each human being and render him/her capable of respecting similar attributes in others. The purpose of education should be holistic development of an individual rendering the humans into sublime species capable of making life happy for fellow human beings.
International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences(IJRESS), 2017
After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry la... more After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry land to the ship that is left lolloping in the Atlantic in the first novel of the Sea-trilogy, Rites of Passage (198). To bring the ship and its characters safely to the shores from the Atlantic, he published his two volumes as an afterthought. He says that he did not foresee volume two and three while writing volume one, ie, Rites of Passage. He published Close Quarters in 1987 and Fire Down Below in 1989 and then the sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth in 1992, comprising the three novels was published. This paper focuses on the thematic intricacies in the novel Fire Down Below.
International Research Journal of Human Resource and Social Sciences, 2016
Alan Sillitoe belongs to the rare class of writers who offer myriad opportunities to understand l... more Alan Sillitoe belongs to the rare class of writers who offer myriad opportunities to understand life through various and varied characters. He is a prolific writer of the 20th Century who never hesitates to subtly blend the autobiographical element in the characters that he has created with at most interest and care. His early novels offered his „angry young man‟s‟ side and towards the culmination of his career, one may not miss the spiritual side of his essential self through his characters. Through the portrayal of his characters who expressed anguish and hatred for the class conscious English society during the early works to the portrayal of characters, who dive down deep into the consciousness to discover the spiritual and the philosophical, Sillitoe never fails to entertain his readers but always leaves a message through the delicate portrayal of his characters. Drawing most of his protagonists from the working class background, Sillitoe provides a canvas for them to express their passion for life and hatred for the society that had different yardsticks in its treatment to different people. The Police, the polity, the inequality in the society all get cursed by the protagonists who express their hatred and disillusionment. However, after 1985, the works of Sillitoe show their protagonists with shifting attitude. They look more docile, more accommodating and less fierce in their expression of anger and animosity. The Last Loves is a novel which shows the protagonists trying for regeneration through remorse and renewed search into the past. They discover their „quintessential self‟ through love that is unadulterated. In contrast, the early novels of Sillitoe show their protagonists looking out for sex through passionate sexual encounters whereas towards the end of his career, Sillitoe‟s protagonists look for fulfilment through love.
International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences, 2015
Golding published the Rites of Passage in 1980 which heralded a remarkable change in the percepti... more Golding published the Rites of Passage in 1980 which heralded a remarkable change in the perceptions of human life as held by him in the earlier novels. However, the publication of The Paper Men in 1984, reaffirmed his faith in the essential illness of man but with a mild suggestion of redemption. However after The Paper Men, Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry land to the ship that is left in doldrums; lolloping in the Atlantic in the first novel of the Sea-trilogy, Rites of Passage. To bring the ship and its characters safely to the shores from the Atlantic, he published his two volumes as an afterthought. He says that he did not foresee volume two and three while writing volume one, ie, Rites of Passage. He published Close Quarters in 1987 and Fire Down Below in 1989 and then the sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth in 1992, comprising the three novels was published.
International Research Journal of Humanities, Language and Literature- ISSN: (2394-1642), 2015
Sir William Golding is one of the finest writers of the 20th Century post war British literary pe... more Sir William Golding is one of the finest writers of the 20th Century post war British literary period. Born in September 1911, he produced 12 novels, television scripts, screenplays, plays, non-fiction and poems till he died in 1993. The novel The Double Tongue was posthumously published in 1995. Born to Alec Golding and Mildred, Golding started his literary career with the publication of Poems in 1934. After mixed success, his first novel Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 and made him earn the distinction of a serious writer. His five year stint in the Royal Navy gave him a life time experience, which would serve as the bedrock of his literary career. Besides Booker Prize in 1980, he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted in 1988. The publication of Rites of Passage in 1980, affirms the faith of Golding in the virtue of man. It is about the voyage of Edmund Talbot who maintains a journal to amuse his godfather who funds his journey to Australia in the early nineteenth Century. The contrasting characters in Rites of Passage bring out the crux of changed perceptions of Golding towards human beings. The novel won the Booker Prize for Golding. Following the success of the „sea-novel‟, Golding set off writing the second and the third in the sequel to the sea voyage story of Rites of Passage in the form of Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989). The Sea Trilogy was later published into one volume called To the Ends of the Earth.
ECONSPEAK: A Journal of Advances in Management IT & Social Sciences-ISSN: (2231-4571), 2015
The primary aim of this paper being the thematic study of the novels of Alan Sillitoe published b... more The primary aim of this paper being the thematic study of the novels of Alan Sillitoe published between 1958 and 1993. Alan Sillitoe is a great storyteller and has developed his art in more ways than one. His art has branched out in many forms and his reputation as a novelist, poet, short story writer and playwright has increased in stature. He has penned travelogues and essays for children, besides selected autobiographical essays and a selected Reader. He has also written screenplays-Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Counterpoint, Che Guevara and The Ragman's Daughter-which proved him as a multi-faceted artist.
After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry la... more After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry land to the ship that is left lolloping in the Atlantic in the first novel of the Sea-trilogy, Rites of Passage. To bring the ship and its characters safely to the shores from the Atlantic, he published his two volumes as an afterthought. He says that he did not foresee volume two and three while writing volume one, ie, Rites of Passage. He published Close Quarters in 1987 and Fire Down Below in 1989 and then the sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth in 1992, comprising the three novels was published. William Golding a writer to reckon with in the 20th Century Post war British fiction arena has 12 novels, non-fiction writings and screen plays to his credit. With the Booker as well as the Noble Prize in his credit, he was knighted in the year 1988. His first novel Lord of the Flies was published in the year 1954, which instantaneously brought him laurels and accolades. Golding also had a short stint with the Royal Navy. It is generally perceived that Golding portrays life as a „hopeless affair”. In all the novels, ie, right from Lord of the Flies produced in 1954 to Darkness Visible in 1979, Golding portrays his characters as incorrigible and beyond reformation. Golding seems to believe that „man produces evil as a bee produces honey‟. However in the post publication scenario after Darkness Visible (1979), there seems to be a contrasting metamorphosis in the perception of Golding towards human beings. Surprisingly he gets preoccupied with the essential virtue in man rather than the essential evil and mortal sin.
ECONSPEAK: A Journal of Advances in Management IT & Social Sciences. ISSN: (2231-4571), 2013
Sir William Golding is a complex writer particularly in the treatment of his subject matter. He t... more Sir William Golding is a complex writer particularly in the treatment of his subject matter. He tries to predict that both mind and instinct will have devastating results if not restrained by conscience. Attracting enormous attention and criticism by his first novel Lord of the Flies (1954), Golding went on to produce many works with mixed success. His novels are replete with complex symbols and he was called „a writer of fables‟ by Kermode. Golding‟s power for myth making, exploiting popular ideas wedded with storytelling technique with gripping interest make him a writer at once complex and interesting. This paper tries to evaluate Golding‟s conception of the universal values critically in his novels, especially his Sea Trilogy. It is an attempt to show the change in Golding‟s conception of human life and Golding‟s treatment of his subject matter. This article also makes an attempt to interpret the meaning of the symbols in the novels of Golding. Golding, who can be aptly be termed as the novelist of symbols, exploits symbols to convey his ideas. Perhaps the poetic zeal in Golding made him exploit symbols to achieve lucidity and complexity. Almost all the titles of his novels are symbolic and carry the intended meaning of Golding‟s perceptions. For him, the symbols stand for ideas. However, without prejudice to the argument, it is endeavoured to interpret the meaning of the symbols to the extent that is need for the argument and to the barest minimum possible.
E C O N S P E A K : A J o u r n a l o f A d v a n c e s i n Ma n a g e m e n t , I T a n d S o c i a l S c i e n c e s, 2012
Alan Sillitoe, one of the most prolific English writers of the 20th Century, acquired the image o... more Alan Sillitoe, one of the most prolific English writers of the 20th Century, acquired the image of „angry young man‟ through the portrayal of his characters who expressed anguish and hatred for the class conscious English society. Drawing most of his protagonists from the working class background, Sillitoe provides a canvas for them to express their passion for life and hatred for the society that had different yardsticks in its treatment to different people. The Police, the polity, the inequality in the society all get cursed by the protagonists who express their hatred and disillusionment. However, after 1985, the works of Sillitoe show their protagonists with shifting attitude. They look more docile, more accommodating and less fierce in their expression of anger and animosity. The Open Door is a novel which shows the protagonist trying for regeneration through remorse and starts revealing the human side of his personality.
International Journal of Research in Economics (ISSN 2249-7382)and Social Sciences-, 2011
Higher Education in India has enjoyed a status of great respect and was worthy of emulation in th... more Higher Education in India has enjoyed a status of great respect and was worthy of emulation in the whole world. Indian education system was based on gurukul system which always aimed at holistic development of the taught. India as an emerging economy needs an empowered human capital which would contribute to the growth of the nation. Knowledge and skills which constitute competence is the need of the hour when the country has to progress and compete with the global entities. Higher education in India which forms the pinnacle of the education pyramid is pretty well poised to give the necessary lead to India. Higher education, is undoubtedly the milch cow that the country needs to exploit... exploit the demographic dividend and produce highly evolved human capital which will contribute not only to the growth and development of the country, but also in terms of culture, fine arts, literature and the ability to provide the ease of life. Key words:Higher education, Empowered Human Capital,Indian Education System, Quality,Emerging Economy, Growth and Development.
Alan Sillitoe is one of the most sophisticated fiction writers of the post war period and a name ... more Alan Sillitoe is one of the most sophisticated fiction writers of the post war period and a name to conjure with, in the contemporary English literary scene. He is one of the most copious of the British writers with an edifice of literary output with wide ramifications that spans a period of five long decades.
Sillitoe‟s Novella Out of the Whirlpool (1987)is a profound and remarkable working class novel with a difference. It shows the versatility and vivacity in the art of Sillitoe. One may find Sillitoe tending to be soft in his approach and treatment of various issues, themes and social evils. His protagonists tend to be less violent and appear soft in their criticism of the upper class. Though the concern and the purpose of his art have not dwindled in any way, Sillitoe seems to talk about spirit, salvation, eternity and individual reformation in the society in his novels published beyond 1985.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT, ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (IJRCIESS) ISSN: 2349-7793, 2011
Quality is an essential prerequisite for any system or organization to survive and higher educati... more Quality is an essential prerequisite for any system or organization to survive and higher education is no exception. Continued effort to improve any institution of higher learning through introspection, innovation and improvisation can alone bring in quality and accountability. Any attempt at introspection, leads to self-evaluation. Comparative review of such an analysis and renewed attempts to achieve excellence. Quality is not a goal, but a moving target, for which benchmarking is necessary and a sincere attempt to achieve such landmarks on the way to quality alone can result in excellence.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT, ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (IJRCIESS) ISSN: 2349-7793, 2011
Sitting pretty as the third largest system in the world in terms of its sheer size and diversity,... more Sitting pretty as the third largest system in the world in terms of its sheer size and diversity, Indian Higher Education follows China and the US, making it one of the most complex, varied and highly pursued entity by the insiders and outsiders alike. It is poised to be the largest
Education is an outcome of the finest endeavours of human life to improve life’s processes. Educa... more Education is an outcome of the finest endeavours of human life to improve life’s processes. Education in general and higher education in particular envisages fulfillment of human pursuits in attempting to lead a happy life. The purpose of education is to metamorphose the basest human intentions that guide life into the most sublime and supremely perfection principles. Education should not only convert human beings into useful human resource necessary for nation building, but empower a human being to lead a purposeful, happy and meaningful life capable of finding fulfillment in life. Education should promote equity, harmony and individual liberty in each human being and render him/her capable of respecting similar attributes in others. The purpose of education should be holistic development of an individual rendering the humans into sublime species capable of making life happy for fellow human beings.
International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences(IJRESS), 2017
After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry la... more After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry land to the ship that is left lolloping in the Atlantic in the first novel of the Sea-trilogy, Rites of Passage (198). To bring the ship and its characters safely to the shores from the Atlantic, he published his two volumes as an afterthought. He says that he did not foresee volume two and three while writing volume one, ie, Rites of Passage. He published Close Quarters in 1987 and Fire Down Below in 1989 and then the sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth in 1992, comprising the three novels was published. This paper focuses on the thematic intricacies in the novel Fire Down Below.
International Research Journal of Human Resource and Social Sciences, 2016
Alan Sillitoe belongs to the rare class of writers who offer myriad opportunities to understand l... more Alan Sillitoe belongs to the rare class of writers who offer myriad opportunities to understand life through various and varied characters. He is a prolific writer of the 20th Century who never hesitates to subtly blend the autobiographical element in the characters that he has created with at most interest and care. His early novels offered his „angry young man‟s‟ side and towards the culmination of his career, one may not miss the spiritual side of his essential self through his characters. Through the portrayal of his characters who expressed anguish and hatred for the class conscious English society during the early works to the portrayal of characters, who dive down deep into the consciousness to discover the spiritual and the philosophical, Sillitoe never fails to entertain his readers but always leaves a message through the delicate portrayal of his characters. Drawing most of his protagonists from the working class background, Sillitoe provides a canvas for them to express their passion for life and hatred for the society that had different yardsticks in its treatment to different people. The Police, the polity, the inequality in the society all get cursed by the protagonists who express their hatred and disillusionment. However, after 1985, the works of Sillitoe show their protagonists with shifting attitude. They look more docile, more accommodating and less fierce in their expression of anger and animosity. The Last Loves is a novel which shows the protagonists trying for regeneration through remorse and renewed search into the past. They discover their „quintessential self‟ through love that is unadulterated. In contrast, the early novels of Sillitoe show their protagonists looking out for sex through passionate sexual encounters whereas towards the end of his career, Sillitoe‟s protagonists look for fulfilment through love.
International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences, 2015
Golding published the Rites of Passage in 1980 which heralded a remarkable change in the percepti... more Golding published the Rites of Passage in 1980 which heralded a remarkable change in the perceptions of human life as held by him in the earlier novels. However, the publication of The Paper Men in 1984, reaffirmed his faith in the essential illness of man but with a mild suggestion of redemption. However after The Paper Men, Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry land to the ship that is left in doldrums; lolloping in the Atlantic in the first novel of the Sea-trilogy, Rites of Passage. To bring the ship and its characters safely to the shores from the Atlantic, he published his two volumes as an afterthought. He says that he did not foresee volume two and three while writing volume one, ie, Rites of Passage. He published Close Quarters in 1987 and Fire Down Below in 1989 and then the sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth in 1992, comprising the three novels was published.
International Research Journal of Humanities, Language and Literature- ISSN: (2394-1642), 2015
Sir William Golding is one of the finest writers of the 20th Century post war British literary pe... more Sir William Golding is one of the finest writers of the 20th Century post war British literary period. Born in September 1911, he produced 12 novels, television scripts, screenplays, plays, non-fiction and poems till he died in 1993. The novel The Double Tongue was posthumously published in 1995. Born to Alec Golding and Mildred, Golding started his literary career with the publication of Poems in 1934. After mixed success, his first novel Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 and made him earn the distinction of a serious writer. His five year stint in the Royal Navy gave him a life time experience, which would serve as the bedrock of his literary career. Besides Booker Prize in 1980, he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted in 1988. The publication of Rites of Passage in 1980, affirms the faith of Golding in the virtue of man. It is about the voyage of Edmund Talbot who maintains a journal to amuse his godfather who funds his journey to Australia in the early nineteenth Century. The contrasting characters in Rites of Passage bring out the crux of changed perceptions of Golding towards human beings. The novel won the Booker Prize for Golding. Following the success of the „sea-novel‟, Golding set off writing the second and the third in the sequel to the sea voyage story of Rites of Passage in the form of Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989). The Sea Trilogy was later published into one volume called To the Ends of the Earth.
ECONSPEAK: A Journal of Advances in Management IT & Social Sciences-ISSN: (2231-4571), 2015
The primary aim of this paper being the thematic study of the novels of Alan Sillitoe published b... more The primary aim of this paper being the thematic study of the novels of Alan Sillitoe published between 1958 and 1993. Alan Sillitoe is a great storyteller and has developed his art in more ways than one. His art has branched out in many forms and his reputation as a novelist, poet, short story writer and playwright has increased in stature. He has penned travelogues and essays for children, besides selected autobiographical essays and a selected Reader. He has also written screenplays-Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Counterpoint, Che Guevara and The Ragman's Daughter-which proved him as a multi-faceted artist.
After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry la... more After the publication of the Paper Men (1984), Golding thought of giving a direction and a dry land to the ship that is left lolloping in the Atlantic in the first novel of the Sea-trilogy, Rites of Passage. To bring the ship and its characters safely to the shores from the Atlantic, he published his two volumes as an afterthought. He says that he did not foresee volume two and three while writing volume one, ie, Rites of Passage. He published Close Quarters in 1987 and Fire Down Below in 1989 and then the sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth in 1992, comprising the three novels was published. William Golding a writer to reckon with in the 20th Century Post war British fiction arena has 12 novels, non-fiction writings and screen plays to his credit. With the Booker as well as the Noble Prize in his credit, he was knighted in the year 1988. His first novel Lord of the Flies was published in the year 1954, which instantaneously brought him laurels and accolades. Golding also had a short stint with the Royal Navy. It is generally perceived that Golding portrays life as a „hopeless affair”. In all the novels, ie, right from Lord of the Flies produced in 1954 to Darkness Visible in 1979, Golding portrays his characters as incorrigible and beyond reformation. Golding seems to believe that „man produces evil as a bee produces honey‟. However in the post publication scenario after Darkness Visible (1979), there seems to be a contrasting metamorphosis in the perception of Golding towards human beings. Surprisingly he gets preoccupied with the essential virtue in man rather than the essential evil and mortal sin.
ECONSPEAK: A Journal of Advances in Management IT & Social Sciences. ISSN: (2231-4571), 2013
Sir William Golding is a complex writer particularly in the treatment of his subject matter. He t... more Sir William Golding is a complex writer particularly in the treatment of his subject matter. He tries to predict that both mind and instinct will have devastating results if not restrained by conscience. Attracting enormous attention and criticism by his first novel Lord of the Flies (1954), Golding went on to produce many works with mixed success. His novels are replete with complex symbols and he was called „a writer of fables‟ by Kermode. Golding‟s power for myth making, exploiting popular ideas wedded with storytelling technique with gripping interest make him a writer at once complex and interesting. This paper tries to evaluate Golding‟s conception of the universal values critically in his novels, especially his Sea Trilogy. It is an attempt to show the change in Golding‟s conception of human life and Golding‟s treatment of his subject matter. This article also makes an attempt to interpret the meaning of the symbols in the novels of Golding. Golding, who can be aptly be termed as the novelist of symbols, exploits symbols to convey his ideas. Perhaps the poetic zeal in Golding made him exploit symbols to achieve lucidity and complexity. Almost all the titles of his novels are symbolic and carry the intended meaning of Golding‟s perceptions. For him, the symbols stand for ideas. However, without prejudice to the argument, it is endeavoured to interpret the meaning of the symbols to the extent that is need for the argument and to the barest minimum possible.
E C O N S P E A K : A J o u r n a l o f A d v a n c e s i n Ma n a g e m e n t , I T a n d S o c i a l S c i e n c e s, 2012
Alan Sillitoe, one of the most prolific English writers of the 20th Century, acquired the image o... more Alan Sillitoe, one of the most prolific English writers of the 20th Century, acquired the image of „angry young man‟ through the portrayal of his characters who expressed anguish and hatred for the class conscious English society. Drawing most of his protagonists from the working class background, Sillitoe provides a canvas for them to express their passion for life and hatred for the society that had different yardsticks in its treatment to different people. The Police, the polity, the inequality in the society all get cursed by the protagonists who express their hatred and disillusionment. However, after 1985, the works of Sillitoe show their protagonists with shifting attitude. They look more docile, more accommodating and less fierce in their expression of anger and animosity. The Open Door is a novel which shows the protagonist trying for regeneration through remorse and starts revealing the human side of his personality.
International Journal of Research in Economics (ISSN 2249-7382)and Social Sciences-, 2011
Higher Education in India has enjoyed a status of great respect and was worthy of emulation in th... more Higher Education in India has enjoyed a status of great respect and was worthy of emulation in the whole world. Indian education system was based on gurukul system which always aimed at holistic development of the taught. India as an emerging economy needs an empowered human capital which would contribute to the growth of the nation. Knowledge and skills which constitute competence is the need of the hour when the country has to progress and compete with the global entities. Higher education in India which forms the pinnacle of the education pyramid is pretty well poised to give the necessary lead to India. Higher education, is undoubtedly the milch cow that the country needs to exploit... exploit the demographic dividend and produce highly evolved human capital which will contribute not only to the growth and development of the country, but also in terms of culture, fine arts, literature and the ability to provide the ease of life. Key words:Higher education, Empowered Human Capital,Indian Education System, Quality,Emerging Economy, Growth and Development.
Alan Sillitoe is one of the most sophisticated fiction writers of the post war period and a name ... more Alan Sillitoe is one of the most sophisticated fiction writers of the post war period and a name to conjure with, in the contemporary English literary scene. He is one of the most copious of the British writers with an edifice of literary output with wide ramifications that spans a period of five long decades.
Sillitoe‟s Novella Out of the Whirlpool (1987)is a profound and remarkable working class novel with a difference. It shows the versatility and vivacity in the art of Sillitoe. One may find Sillitoe tending to be soft in his approach and treatment of various issues, themes and social evils. His protagonists tend to be less violent and appear soft in their criticism of the upper class. Though the concern and the purpose of his art have not dwindled in any way, Sillitoe seems to talk about spirit, salvation, eternity and individual reformation in the society in his novels published beyond 1985.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT, ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (IJRCIESS) ISSN: 2349-7793, 2011
Quality is an essential prerequisite for any system or organization to survive and higher educati... more Quality is an essential prerequisite for any system or organization to survive and higher education is no exception. Continued effort to improve any institution of higher learning through introspection, innovation and improvisation can alone bring in quality and accountability. Any attempt at introspection, leads to self-evaluation. Comparative review of such an analysis and renewed attempts to achieve excellence. Quality is not a goal, but a moving target, for which benchmarking is necessary and a sincere attempt to achieve such landmarks on the way to quality alone can result in excellence.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT, ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (IJRCIESS) ISSN: 2349-7793, 2011
Sitting pretty as the third largest system in the world in terms of its sheer size and diversity,... more Sitting pretty as the third largest system in the world in terms of its sheer size and diversity, Indian Higher Education follows China and the US, making it one of the most complex, varied and highly pursued entity by the insiders and outsiders alike. It is poised to be the largest
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After mixed success, his first novel Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 and made him earn the distinction of a serious writer. His five year stint in the Royal Navy gave him a life time experience, which would serve as the bedrock of his literary career. Besides Booker Prize in 1980, he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted in 1988.
The publication of Rites of Passage in 1980, affirms the faith of Golding in the virtue of man. It is about the voyage of Edmund Talbot who maintains a journal to amuse his godfather who funds his journey to Australia in the early nineteenth Century. The contrasting characters in Rites of Passage bring out the crux of changed perceptions of Golding towards human beings. The novel won the Booker Prize for Golding. Following the success of the „sea-novel‟, Golding set off writing the second and the third in the sequel to the sea voyage story of Rites of Passage in the form of Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989). The Sea Trilogy was later published into one volume called To the Ends of the Earth.
This paper tries to evaluate Golding‟s conception of the universal values critically in his novels, especially his Sea Trilogy. It is an attempt to show the change in Golding‟s conception of human life and Golding‟s treatment of his subject matter. This article also makes an attempt to interpret the meaning of the symbols in the novels of Golding. Golding, who can be aptly be termed as the novelist of symbols, exploits symbols to convey his ideas. Perhaps the poetic zeal in Golding made him exploit symbols to achieve lucidity and complexity. Almost all the titles of his novels are symbolic and carry the intended meaning of Golding‟s perceptions. For him, the symbols stand for ideas. However, without prejudice to the argument, it is endeavoured to interpret the meaning of the symbols to the extent that is need for the argument and to the barest minimum possible.
protagonists with shifting attitude. They look more docile, more accommodating and less fierce in their expression of anger and animosity. The Open Door is a novel which shows the protagonist trying for regeneration through remorse and starts revealing the human side of his personality.
skills which constitute competence is the need of the hour when the country has to progress and compete with the global entities. Higher education in India which forms the pinnacle of the education pyramid is pretty well poised to give the necessary lead to India. Higher education, is
undoubtedly the milch cow that the country needs to exploit... exploit the demographic dividend and produce highly evolved human capital which will contribute not only to the growth and development of the country, but also in terms of culture, fine arts, literature and the ability to provide the ease of life.
Key words:Higher education, Empowered Human Capital,Indian Education System, Quality,Emerging Economy, Growth and Development.
Sillitoe‟s Novella Out of the Whirlpool (1987)is a profound and remarkable working class novel with a difference. It shows the versatility and vivacity in the art of Sillitoe. One may find Sillitoe tending to be soft in his approach and treatment of various issues, themes
and social evils. His protagonists tend to be less violent and appear soft in their criticism of the upper class. Though the concern and the purpose of his art have not dwindled in any way, Sillitoe seems to talk about spirit, salvation, eternity and individual reformation in the society in his novels published beyond 1985.
After mixed success, his first novel Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 and made him earn the distinction of a serious writer. His five year stint in the Royal Navy gave him a life time experience, which would serve as the bedrock of his literary career. Besides Booker Prize in 1980, he was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted in 1988.
The publication of Rites of Passage in 1980, affirms the faith of Golding in the virtue of man. It is about the voyage of Edmund Talbot who maintains a journal to amuse his godfather who funds his journey to Australia in the early nineteenth Century. The contrasting characters in Rites of Passage bring out the crux of changed perceptions of Golding towards human beings. The novel won the Booker Prize for Golding. Following the success of the „sea-novel‟, Golding set off writing the second and the third in the sequel to the sea voyage story of Rites of Passage in the form of Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989). The Sea Trilogy was later published into one volume called To the Ends of the Earth.
This paper tries to evaluate Golding‟s conception of the universal values critically in his novels, especially his Sea Trilogy. It is an attempt to show the change in Golding‟s conception of human life and Golding‟s treatment of his subject matter. This article also makes an attempt to interpret the meaning of the symbols in the novels of Golding. Golding, who can be aptly be termed as the novelist of symbols, exploits symbols to convey his ideas. Perhaps the poetic zeal in Golding made him exploit symbols to achieve lucidity and complexity. Almost all the titles of his novels are symbolic and carry the intended meaning of Golding‟s perceptions. For him, the symbols stand for ideas. However, without prejudice to the argument, it is endeavoured to interpret the meaning of the symbols to the extent that is need for the argument and to the barest minimum possible.
protagonists with shifting attitude. They look more docile, more accommodating and less fierce in their expression of anger and animosity. The Open Door is a novel which shows the protagonist trying for regeneration through remorse and starts revealing the human side of his personality.
skills which constitute competence is the need of the hour when the country has to progress and compete with the global entities. Higher education in India which forms the pinnacle of the education pyramid is pretty well poised to give the necessary lead to India. Higher education, is
undoubtedly the milch cow that the country needs to exploit... exploit the demographic dividend and produce highly evolved human capital which will contribute not only to the growth and development of the country, but also in terms of culture, fine arts, literature and the ability to provide the ease of life.
Key words:Higher education, Empowered Human Capital,Indian Education System, Quality,Emerging Economy, Growth and Development.
Sillitoe‟s Novella Out of the Whirlpool (1987)is a profound and remarkable working class novel with a difference. It shows the versatility and vivacity in the art of Sillitoe. One may find Sillitoe tending to be soft in his approach and treatment of various issues, themes
and social evils. His protagonists tend to be less violent and appear soft in their criticism of the upper class. Though the concern and the purpose of his art have not dwindled in any way, Sillitoe seems to talk about spirit, salvation, eternity and individual reformation in the society in his novels published beyond 1985.