Srijani Nag
Biographic Data
| ID | 4895576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Srijani Nag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Srijani |
| FAMILY NAME | Nag |
| SIGNATURE | NAG S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Autonomy, Determinism, and Death in Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air
An illness memoir written by a terminally ill person at the end of his/her life is a thanatoir, an example of which is Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air (2016). The leitmotif explored in this essay is the overlapping of autonomy and causal determinism in Kalanithi's thanatoir. While dying of cancer, Kalanithi becomes a father and a writer. And in the end, he lets go of his breathing support. The tacit dichotomy between such ostensibly auto…
Discourse and Madness in Shadows in the Sun
This article is on the narrativization of mental illness regarding Gayathri Ramprasad’s memoir Shadows in the Sun (2014). Ramprasad’s rendition of her depression becomes an act of defiance because the production of discourse by a madwoman is a relatively new phenomenon. Ramprasad not only produces discourse but also intends it to be healing for people with depression. This is because Ramprasad herself benefitted from first-hand narratives of depr…
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Discourse and Madness in Shadows in the Sun
This article is on the narrativization of mental illness regarding Gayathri Ramprasad’s memoir Shadows in the Sun (2014). Ramprasad’s rendition of her depression becomes an act of defiance because the production of discourse by a madwoman is a relatively new phenomenon. Ramprasad not only produces discourse but also intends it to be healing for people with depression. This is because Ramprasad herself benefitted from first-hand narratives of depr…
Autonomy, Determinism, and Death in Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air
An illness memoir written by a terminally ill person at the end of his/her life is a thanatoir, an example of which is Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air (2016). The leitmotif explored in this essay is the overlapping of autonomy and causal determinism in Kalanithi's thanatoir. While dying of cancer, Kalanithi becomes a father and a writer. And in the end, he lets go of his breathing support. The tacit dichotomy between such ostensibly auto…
Memoir (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 works) · Autonomy (1 works) · Breathing (1 works) · Core (optical fiber (1 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Film in Education and Therapy (1 works)