In between cultures and identities : Reflections on multiculturism in Diaspora literature
This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in English, 2013.
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10361-14922019-09-29T05:44:28Z In between cultures and identities : Reflections on multiculturism in Diaspora literature Islam, Rashida Ahmed Huq, Kaiser M. H. Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University English and humanities This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in English, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 79 - 80). In a bid to elaborate on the topic as to how diasporic South Asian and Caribbean writers are creating and reshaping the boundaries of literary texts, I wish to put forward my thesis as a continual process where a few notable writers of South Asian origin have redefined the boundaries of a post- colonial identity. Through a reading of some their notable works, I have found that the question of identity and inhabitant has undergone many levels of assimilation in order to come to the present state of being. Diaspora brings to mind various contested ideas and images. It can be a positive site for the affirmation of an identity, or, conversely, a negative site of fears of losing that identity. Diaspora signals an engagement with a matrix of diversity: of cultures, languages, histories, people, places, times. What distinguishes diaspora from some other types of travel is its centripetal dimension. It does not only mean that people are dispersed in different places but that they congregate in other places, forming new communities. In such gatherings, new allegiances are forged that supplant earlier commitments. New imagined communities arise that not simply substitute old ones but form a hybrid space which is rediscovered in between various identifications. This is only taking place in recent times when Post-colonial literature have come to the fore as a ways and means to distinguish other spheres of writing from the writings of a pre-colonial time. History, culture and an imagined space provided by writers have always given us scope to reinvent ourselves in myriad ways. My efforts to work on this thesis may have provided some answers while some questions do remain unanswered which may find favorable response in another time. Rashida Ahmed Islam B.A. in English Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University 2011-11-27T06:57:28Z 2011-11-27T06:57:28Z 2011 2011-08 Thesis ID 07163003 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1492 en BRAC University Internship reports are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 81 pages application/pdf BRAC University |
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