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.
Keywords
References
- Abraham, T. (1998). “An Interview with Arundhati Roy”, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 29/1, January, pp: 82-89.
- Bahri, D. (1995). “Once More with Feeling: What is Postcolonialism?”, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 26/1, January, pp: 51-82.
- Bose, B. (1998). “In Desire and in Death: Eroticism as Politics in Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’”, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 29/2, April, pp: 59-72.
- Childs, P. & Williams, P. R. J. (1997). An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory, Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, London.
- Hutcheon, L. (1994). “The post always rings twice: the postmodern and the postcolonial”, Textual Practice, 8/2, Summer, pp: 205-38.
- Roy, A. (1997). The God of Small Things, Flamingo, London.
Abstract
Arundhati
Roy’un Küçük Şeylerin Tanrısı romanı
bir bölünme, göç, aşk ve travma öyküsüdür. Roy, sömürgecilik sonrası bir
ortamda karakterlerinin kimliklerini ortaya çıkarırken, aynı zamanda onların
kendilerine özgü İngilizce kullanımlarını da gözler önüne sermektedir. Bu
çalışma, Küçük Şeylerin Tanrısı romanını
sömürgecilik sonrası kuramlar çerçevesinde, dil ve kültürel melezlik açısından
analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışma romanı sömürgecilik sonrası
emperyalist geçmişin ülkeyi iki millete ayıran güçlü etkisiyle birlikte,
insanların hayatlarını da ikiye bölen ve onları yaşam boyu süren bir kedere
terk eden olguları ortaya koyan bir metin olarak okumaktadır.
Keywords
References
- Abraham, T. (1998). “An Interview with Arundhati Roy”, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 29/1, January, pp: 82-89.
- Bahri, D. (1995). “Once More with Feeling: What is Postcolonialism?”, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 26/1, January, pp: 51-82.
- Bose, B. (1998). “In Desire and in Death: Eroticism as Politics in Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’”, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 29/2, April, pp: 59-72.
- Childs, P. & Williams, P. R. J. (1997). An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory, Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, London.
- Hutcheon, L. (1994). “The post always rings twice: the postmodern and the postcolonial”, Textual Practice, 8/2, Summer, pp: 205-38.
- Roy, A. (1997). The God of Small Things, Flamingo, London.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Creative Arts and Writing |
| Journal Section | Articles |
| Authors | |
| Publication Date | April 13, 2018 |
| Acceptance Date | October 31, 2017 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2018 Issue: 31 |