Research Article

ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING

Number: 31 April 13, 2018
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ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING

Abstract

Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things is a story of partition, immigration, love and trauma. While exploring the problems of identity of her characters in a postcolonial setting in India, Roy also reformulates her characters’ use of English in an idiosyncratic way. This study, therefore, analyses The God of Small Things from the perspective of postcolonial theory in terms of linguistic and cultural hybridity. It also attempts to explore the novel as a postcolonial text that foregrounds the impacts of imperial past in partitioning the country not only into two different nations but also dividing people’s lives into two halves and leaving them to lifelong misery.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 13, 2018

Submission Date

February 14, 2017

Acceptance Date

October 31, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Number: 31

APA
Çelikel, M. A. (2018). ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 31, 267-274. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.414845
AMA
1.Çelikel MA. ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING. PAUSBED. 2018;(31):267-274. doi:10.30794/pausbed.414845
Chicago
Çelikel, Mehmet Ali. 2018. “ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 31: 267-74. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.414845.
EndNote
Çelikel MA (April 1, 2018) ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 31 267–274.
IEEE
[1]M. A. Çelikel, “ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING”, PAUSBED, no. 31, pp. 267–274, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.30794/pausbed.414845.
ISNAD
Çelikel, Mehmet Ali. “ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 31 (April 1, 2018): 267-274. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.414845.
JAMA
1.Çelikel MA. ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING. PAUSBED. 2018;:267–274.
MLA
Çelikel, Mehmet Ali. “ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 31, Apr. 2018, pp. 267-74, doi:10.30794/pausbed.414845.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Ali Çelikel. ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING. PAUSBED. 2018 Apr. 1;(31):267-74. doi:10.30794/pausbed.414845

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