I am writing to apply for funding assistance to attend theSeminar-workshop on “Catalyzing Multicultural Librarians: Opportunities, Challengesand Strategies in the 21st Century” on February 28- March 02, 2018at Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.No one in this world is exactly the same. We may share somesimilarities with other people but at the end of the day, each of …

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What era precedes postmodernism Modernism (~1910-1945) and The Harlem Renaissance (1917-1935) What era comes after postmodernism Both the Contemporary Era and Multiculturalism (both 1970-present) What was the Beat Generation Group of authors whose literature explored and influenced American culture in the post-WWII era. Bulk of work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s-includes Allen Ginsberg …

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Beat poetry – Boehemian: practice of an unconventional lifestyle- celebrated non-conformity and spontaneous creativity- drew inspiration from Romanticism Characteristics of Beat Culture 1. rejection of received standards2. innovation in style3. use of illegal drugs4. alternative sexualities5. an interest in examining religions6. rejection of materialism7. explicit portrayals of human condition Beatniks – name suggested Beats were …

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The term “Political novel” is “a novel with a political narrative, or concerned with politics or political themes”(Oxford).   In The Fiction of Navantara Sahgal, M. K. Bhatnager says on the political novel in Indian English Literature, Indo-Anglican novel, right since its beginning, has had inextricable bonds with the socio-political milieu wherein it took birth and …

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