Volume : 6, Issue : 3, March - 2017

NEED OF IN-SERVICE TRAININGS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Meenakshi Bordia

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">This paper examines Derek Walcott&rsquo;s </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Dream on Monkey Mountain</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> and Bole Butake&rsquo;s</span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Family Saga</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> as counter narratives of the mega narratives of Western imperialism. The central axis of these counter narratives is the identity question in a nation where some citizens appear to have no dignity, self-worth or identity. This subaltern class in the two plays demonstrates the urgent need as postcolonials to discover who they are by reclaiming their roots through memory or history.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></p>