LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 8 : 7 July 2008
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         K. Karunakaran, Ph.D.
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Form and Function of Disorders in Verbal Narratives
A Doctoral Dissertation

Kandala Srinivasacharya, Ph.D.

This Dissertation is divided into 5 Chapters with separate appendices and references.
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Form of Disorders
  • Chapter 3: Function of Disorders
  • Chapter 4: Disorders with Nonverbal Communication
  • Chapter 5: Conclusion
  • Appendix - 1: Brief storyline of the novels used for data
  • Appendix - 2: Trends in Telugu novel
  • Appendix - 3: List of the Telugu novels read
  • Appendix - 4: Research studies on the Telugu novels
  • References and a Select Bibliography

This research study entitled `Form and Function of Disorders in Verbal Narratives' focuses on the ways and modes of communication of the characters with disorders, both physical and mental, in modern Telugu novels and the creative use to which the disorders are put in the imaginative but imaginary world of fiction. Fiction in general may be said to be reflective of the ways of the world of the period as tinted by the world view of individual artists. A study of form and function of disorders in verbal narratives is thus expected to describe and explain the use of disorders in fiction as they're situated in the weltanschaung of authors. Novelists depict various problems both of normal and abnormal populations although their scope of treatment of the abnormal population is generally of a limited nature and is governed more by traditional beliefs and world views of their society in which they live and when they write fiction (Thirumalai 1987b). Creative writers hold several assumptions, which may be related or unrelated or even are in conflict with findings in the various disciplines as regards the etiology, types and frequency of occurrence of disorders in various societies. At the same time, it is also a known fact that creative writers have, by their insightful analysis of the disorders, contributed a lot to the characterization and explanation of the disorders themselves.

This is only the beginning part of the dissertation. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE DISSERTATION IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

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