Mrs.Dalloway:A Journey of Self-Discovery

Mrs.Dalloway has two stories about the same woman.Mrs.Dalloway is her social self,busy with her party,seemingly happy but with some hidden problems.The individual self as Clarissa is lost in deep thought of her true self.The textual analysis will apply Lacan's theory of name-of-the-father or symbolic order to explore the causes of Clarissa's problematic social self.It concludes that the protagonist begins the process of self-discovery by thinking about and talking with her close friends,trying to dig out her individual self which is suppressed by social self.

Self-Discovery anda Sense of Wholeness in the Transgressive Auto/biogrAfrical Discourses of African American Women Writers

The paper attempts to explore selected African American women writers'(Zora Neale Hurston,Maya Angelou,Audre Lorde,and Alice Walker)self-discovery,celebration of their selfhood,and sense of wholeness in their auto/biogrAfrical discourses.Instrumental rhetoricity of the autobiographers reflects politicization of black women's struggle,cultural(de)construction,and feminist/womanist(re)construction Instead of fitting into heteronormative discourses and aprocess of cultural assimilation,and of adhering to cultural codes of femininity,these writers transgress traditional norms of behavior Through autobiographical manifestos interwoven with self-defining identity and artistic transgression they powerfully assert notions of collective female agency and embrace their new-found identity as feminist womanistqueer.As an agent of awareness and proclamation,their(except Hurston's)powerful rhetoric is infused with their triple consciousness of being a black woman with African background and cultural pride.They illustrate an interconnectedness of racism and sexism which causes double oppression on black women.They boldly raise racial issues of universal significance,stick to their authentic selves,and reaffirm their agonizing black history/past as they journey toward maturity and wholeness.Their discourses reflect an interweaving of past and present,individual and community,and personal and political changes which lead them toward an esthetic paradigmof wholeness.

Oral Narrative an Underutilized Tool of Transformation： The Case of Ateso Folk Tales in Iteso Communities of Uganda and Kenya

The study explored the various performances of oral narratives in the Teso communities. In-depth interviews carried out with 68 respondents from 2009 to 2013, in six selected Teso districts in Uganda and Teso and Busia districts in Kenya, before and after performances, provided the data. In placing value and assessing the unquantifiable feelings of narrators and audiences, the study chose the methods of qualitative research and ethno-methodological philosophical analyses. Various levels of perceptions emerged from both the audiences and performers as they journeyed into both self and society. The study showed that the communities yearned for the communicative avenues of harnessing resources for solving various issues as they look into the future. Oral narratives motivated audiences through experiences of self discovery which spurred them to analogies of societal issues that haunted them. Both value and virtue were experienced at individual and group levels with a cultural identity and exposure to ethnic ties that bound them together in the struggle for a brighter tomorrow. The study recommends that a new society can be realized with movement from analogue to digital strategies for communication.