PAULO COELHO – A POSTMODERN AESOP
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 5
Abstract
The present study on ‘Paulo Coelho – A Post-modern Aesop’ is an attempt to assess prominent postmodern Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho as a writer and a keen observer of the human being who leads their life as the multifarious journey. To make the journey successful which ways should be followed and how personal self-be pacified and exacts its meaning are discussed in his texts which are selected for this study, where there is a relevance of his style with that of Aesop’s style. Likewise, Aesop, Paulo Coelho speaks and guides in his writing as a representative of postmodern era showing pragmatic as well as spiritualistic attitude at a time. The research will focus on the works of Paulo Coelho where there are complex mixtures of tradition and modernity as well as mysticism and reality
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AFSANA MOUSUME
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