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- Title
The Dilemma of Recantation and the Quest for Lamarckian Ideal in Saint Joan.
- Authors
Iqbal, Mohammad; Ali, Amjad; Rahman, Ghani
- Abstract
The mind-blowing confession and the subsequent recantation is a hard riddle to solve in Shaw's Saint Joan. The scene has already been dealt with in detail, but, to our knowledge, very little has been said about Lamarckian perspective which can brilliantly demystify the conflicting voices of the protagonist. This study highlights the dramatic worth of recantation scene and applies the literary parameters of Lamarck's theory of evolution as a tool for analyzing the conflicting attitude of Saint Joan. The study, however, does not recognize the scientific principles of Lamarck. It takes the aesthetic and literary dimensions of the theory which the researchers have borrowed from K M Newton's analysis of Lamarckian and Darwinian evolution and which they have duly acknowledged in the text of the paper.
- Subjects
DILEMMA; LAMARCKIANISM; SHAW, Bernard, 1856-1950
- Publication
Putaj Humanities & Social Sciences, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
2219-245X
- Publication type
Article