Indian Streams Research Journal

Volume : IV, Issue : I, February - 2014

COMIC DESIGN IN BERNARD MALAMUD'S A NEW LIFE

Ritu Dhawan, -

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Malamud uses comic situations, witty dialogues, irony and humor in A New Life to affirm his liberal and humanist values. The staid academic atmosphere of the conservative college is lifted by the use of humor. He also brings into sharp through the comic design of the novel the ongoing debate about the predominance of vocational courses over arts subjects, state funding of educational institutions, academic freedom and behavioral aberrations of the teaching faculty. Thus the paper highlights the functional aspect of the comic design of A New Life which besides providing innocent laughter also serves to highlight various issues related to the academic world.

Keywords :

• Humor
• ironycialis
• comedydium
• theme
• highlights academic world
• Humor
• irony
• comedy
• theme
• highlights academic world
• Humor
• ironycialis
• comedydium
• theme
• highlights academic world
• Humor
• ironycialis
• comedydium
• theme
• highlights academic world
• Humor
• irony
• comedy
• theme
• highlights academic world

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128. Introduction. Field and Field xv-xxvi.
129. Mandel, Ruth B. “Ironic Affirmation” Field and Field 261-274.
130. Fielder, Leslie. “The Many Names of S. Levin: An Essay in Genre Criticism.” The Fiction of Bernard Malamud. Ed. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Benson. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1977. 149-161. Print.
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132. Mandel, Ruth B. “Ironic Affirmation” Field and Field 261-274.
133. Fielder, Leslie. “The Many Names of S. Levin: An Essay in Genre Criticism.” The Fiction of Bernard Malamud. Ed. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Benson. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1977. 149-161. Print.
134. Fielder, Leslie. “The Many Names of S. Levin: An Essay in Genre Criticism.” The Fiction of Bernard Malamud. Ed. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Benson. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1977. 149-161. Print.
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143. Introduction. Field and Field xv-xxvi.
144. Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961. Print. Hereafter abbreviated as Malamud in the text.
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146. Fielder, Leslie. “The Many Names of S. Levin: An Essay in Genre Criticism.” The Fiction of Bernard Malamud. Ed. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Benson. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1977. 149-161. Print.
147. Fielder, Leslie. “The Many Names of S. Levin: An Essay in Genre Criticism.” The Fiction of Bernard Malamud. Ed. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Benson. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1977. 149-161. Print.
148. Mandel, Ruth B. “Ironic Affirmation” Field and Field 261-274.
149. Mandel, Ruth B. “Ironic Affirmation” Field and Field 261-274.
150. Mandel, Ruth B. “Ironic Affirmation” Field and Field 261-274.
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152. Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961. Print. Hereafter abbreviated as Malamud in the text.

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