Unveiling Narrativity Dissembled in Mahapatra’s “Summer” and “Dawn at Puri”: A Barthesian Analysis

<p dir="ltr">This paper is part of the proceedings from the 15th Newcastle and Northumbria Postgraduate Conference in Language and Linguistics, held at Northumbria University in April 2024. The conference was jointly organised by PhD and MA students from both Northumbria University and Newcastle University. More information about the conference can be found <a href="https://northumbriaenglish.org/exploring-linguistic-frontiers-the-15th-nnpcill-conference-2024/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">The work was presented and authored by <b>B Sai Vaishnavi </b>&<b> Maitali Khanna</b>. Ms. <b>B Sai Vaishnavi</b> is a Doctoral Research Scholar in the Department of Languages and Literature, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur Campus. She has presented her research papers at various national and international conferences and is currently working on Studying Narratives in Indian English Poetry. Dr. <b>Maitali Khanna</b> is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Languages and Literature at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur Campus. Her areas of interest are Poetry, Literary Criticism, and Theory. She currently teaches Poetry, Postmodern Literature, Linguistics and Phonetics, and Literary Criticism to undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University. Her research articles have been published in indexed and peer-reviewed journals.</p>