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dc.contributor.advisorMahbub, Rifat
dc.contributor.authorShahid, Tasnim
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-09T10:30:51Z
dc.date.available2017-04-09T10:30:51Z
dc.date.copyright2016
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.identifier.otherID 14163011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/8009
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in English, 2016.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 32-34).
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the themes of memory, home and homecoming in three novels The Namesake (2003) by Jhumpa Lahiri, Desirable Daughters (2002) by Bharati Mukherjee and Beloved Strangers: A Memoir (2014) by Maria Chaudhuri which fall in the category of diasporic literature. Diasporic novels primarily deal with issues of movement and (re)settlement from one’s original home to a new country. This movement may lead to reframe the issue of nostalgia and homecoming at an individual level. The diasporic fictions I have taken, provide an opportunity to explore these themes from the perspective of the characters who leave their own country and settle in a different country, creating a relationship between memory, present and their future. This thesis argues that the diasporic experiences and memories are embedded in people’s culture, background and surrounding. My choice of the novels The Namesake, Desirable Daughters and Beloved Strangers: A Memoir are mainly originated from South Asian concepts and engage us to the characters who deal with different experiences as people of diaspora. This paper starts with an introduction followed by two chapters and finally reaches to the conclusion. In my introduction, the term diaspora has been briefly discussed and then the two analysis chapters discuss memory, home and homecoming. Where memory can be metaphorical and make people of diaspora nostalgic, home has a fluid concept to them because home works as an unsettled place. The conclusion states how these diasporic themes work diversely in the life of the characters of the selected novels.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityTasnim Shahid
dc.format.extent34 pages
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBRAC Universityen_US
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dc.subjectThe Namesakeen_US
dc.subjectJhumpa Lahirien_US
dc.subjectDesirable Daughtersen_US
dc.subjectBharati Mukherjeeen_US
dc.subjectBeloved Strangers: A Memoiren_US
dc.subjectMaria Chaudhurien_US
dc.titleDiasporic dis/location: a study of the themes of memory, home and homecoming in The Namesake, Desirable Daughters and Beloved Strangers: A Memoiren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of English and Humanities, BRAC University
dc.description.degreeM.A. in English


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