Time Tells Tales: Reading Time in Ray’s Wonderland - ‘The Unicorn Expedition’.

Name of Author : Shaoni Dasgupta

Abstract: “Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in med brown and olive drab”, says George R.R. Martin. Taking a cue from one ofhe most influential writers of fantasy fiction of this age, my paper will harp on one of the common traits in fantasy fiction-the alternate world. In this paper, I aim to bring together two eminent writers of Fantasy Literature, Satyajit Ray and Lewis Carol, and to unite certain sub-motifs enveloped within the motif of an alternate world. In tracing our journeys to the parallel world of fantasy, we shall talk about Bergsonian theory of l‟s usage of the same in his illustrations of Alice‟s adventures. This will further our theory to that of the science-fiction of Satyajit Ray, „The Unicorn Expedition‟ where the protagonist, Professor Shonku and his adventures take us in a whirlwind of a timeless journey.

Keywords : Time, Journey, Bergson, Imagination, Fantasy

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