• INCREASING GRANDPARENTS NEED FURTHER SOCIAL WORK SERVICES: A SOCIAL WORK STUDY OF TEHRAN, IRAN

Dr. Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi

Abstract: The article explores the life conditions of the increasing ageing people in this article referenced to, as grandparents. They are highly in need of social work services in Tehran City where a large number of them live.

• Bernard Malamud on ‘Academia’: A Reading of his A New Life

PADUMI SINGHA

Abstract: The present paper makes an analysis of Bernard Malamud’s novel A New Life and highlights the writer’s ideas on academia as reflected in it. According to him ‘a good teacher is a liberator.’ He seems concerned with the emphasis on an education which teaches students only ‘how to work.’ Malamud believes in the values of the liberal arts as ideals of freedom and rights shape the very crux of a democracy.

• Transgressing Genre and Aesthetics: A Socio-historical Critique of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

Anup Kumar Das

Abstract: Known for his radical views on life and exploration of literary subcultures,Oscar Wilde was fascinated by the relationship between art and life, and the ways in which aesthetics can be used to enrich and improve ordinary human existence.Influenced by the philosophies of the movements such as Aestheticism and Decadence Wilde advocated for a life where pursuit of beauty, art and pleasure was at the centre of human life. Wilde used the form of the novel to explore philosophical and moral ideas about the nature of art, beauty and morality, rather than simply telling a straightforward narrative. Hismuch-celebratednovel The Picture of Dorian Gray blurs the line between fiction and philosophy.By juxtaposing the philosophical and moral themes with the fictional narrative, Wilde transcends the boundaries of traditional storytelling and delves into deeper intellectual and ethical territories.The present paper attempts to trace the cultural and spiritual journey of Wilde which has shaped his literary sensibility. With an in-depth textual analysis and a study of the socio-historical developments of the time the paper tries to engage with the ideas of hedonism and the other subcultural practices represented in the text. Key words:Aestheticism, Decadence, Fiction, Genre, Catholicism.