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K. Suneetha Rani K. Suneetha Rani i(A53940 works by)
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1 Strange Way to Grow Up : Uncertain Identities and Traumatic Childhood in Roberta Syke's Snake Cradle K. Suneetha Rani , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 35-42) 'Early childhood memories are like pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle,' says Roberta Sykes (1997) in her autobiography, Snake Dreaming (1997, 4). She spends her life in assembling and organising these pieces in order to understand the complete picture. But, these pictures, accessed with difficulty, slip in and out of alignment quite often, thus distorting and complicating the already incomplete picture. These pieces consist of incidents that occur, people she met and people she did not meet, but whom she continues to speculate on as they were conspicuous by their absence; place that she was familiar with; and beyond that the secrets that she also had to hide securely. Like Old Nick who haunts her mother's dreams, her childhood haunts Roberta Sykes, not only dreams but through every waking moment of her life.' (Author's introduction p. 35)
1 Protest as Theme and Resistance as Technique : Australian Aboriginal Poetry and Dalit Poetry K. Suneetha Rani , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Austral-Asian Encounters : From Literature and Women's Studies to Politics and Tourism 2003; (p. 217-225) This paper compares Australian Aboriginal poetry with texts and contexts of one of India's minority groups. Dalit poetry is written in Telugu, on of the major regional languages of India, and like Aboriginal literature, Dalit incorporates a literature of resistance which has 'contributed to radical change in social, cultural, political and literary fields' in India. 'Culturally and historically speaking, Australian Aboriginal poetry and Dalit poetry have different roots and destinations but age-old exploitation being the common theme and inspiration, a comparative study of these two literatures can be of interest. Besides, both groups claim to be the original inhabitants of their countries and both produce fourth world literatures which express direct protest and condemnation of their oppressors' (217).
1 The Everlasting Journey of Protest : Kath Walker's Life and Poetry K. Suneetha Rani , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Literary Criterion , vol. 34 no. 1 1999; (p. 65-73)
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