A Call for Papers on new Chaudhury and Chandra Book

Hello Friends from the Literary World

We are happy to announce that we are going to bring forth a book of critical essays titled Amit Chaudhury and Vikram Chandra: A Postcolonial Reading for which we need your scholarly papers/critiques dealing the following theme(s):

I) Relocation of Diasporic Consciousness, Exile or Alienation

II) Linguistic Innovations

III) Subaltern or Marginalization

IV) Position, Relevance and Contribution of these Fiction Writers


Further possible research issues include but are not limited to:

How does their works project a sense of nationalism among its indigenous people? How does their narrative style create their protagonist's identity and what effect does this narrative style have on the Indian society?

Apart from the above mentioned themes, we also seek any other argumentative postcolonial interpretations of the above-mentioned writers.

The papers must follow MLA guidelines and should be of no more than 7500
words in length, written in 12 font size with double line space throughout
and enough margins on all the sides

Submissions can be sent through e-mail as file attachment. Those residing in India must submit both hard copy and e-mail attachment. For submission please use snail mail and e-mail addresses given below:


Dr Shaleen Kumar Singh

Lecturer in English

Chief Editor- Creative Saplings- an online Journal (www.creativesaplings.com)

Associate Editor-- The Journal of Contemporary Literature

Email: shaleen999@gmail.com , drshaleen999@gmail.com

Add: Sai Neeharika, Patyali Sarai, Budaun (U.P.)

Or to

Dr. O. P. Dwivedi

Lecturer in English

Feroze Gandhi P.G. College, Rae Bareli

Associate Editor-- The Journal of Contemporary Literature

Creative Saplings- an online Journal &

The Expressions

Add: M 61, Govind Pur Colony, Allahabad 211004 (U.P.), INDIA

Email: om_dwivedi2003@yahoo. & dropdwivedi@gmail.com

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