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Title: | V.S. Naipaul : no place to call home |
Authors: | Psaila, Frank |
Keywords: | Decolonization in literature Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature Naipaul, V. S. -- Criticism and interpretation |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Abstract: | This study aims to explore how V.S. Naipaul, a rootless wanderer engages with the questions of homelessness, uprootedness, lack of identity and the world after empire in seven key texts: The Enigma of Arrival; A House for Mr Biswas; The Mimic Men; A Bend in the River; Half a Life, Magic Seeds and The Middle Passage. These texts draw on Naipaul’s background - his childhood in the Caribbean island of Trinidad; and what he describes as his ‘second’ childhood in Britain - followed by extensive periods of travel in India and the US. Drawing on postcolonial theory this study refers to the position of the migrant figure in a state of exile with no place to call home. |
Description: | M.A.ENGLISH |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/2779 |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacArt - 2014 Dissertations - FacArtEng - 2014 |
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