Analyzing the trajectories of trauma and crises in Jhumpa Lahiri’s fiction with special reference to the lowland and the namesake
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.5.S2.201-203Keywords:
Trajectories, Trauma, Crisis, Repercussions, NarrativeAbstract
Jhumpa Lahiri happens to be one of the finest authors of twenty first century English fiction with several remarkable pieces of work that are definitely considered to be the milestones in the genre of world fiction. Her characterization, transcendence, in depth analysis and layering of different shades and hues throughout the story speak volumes about the literary talent this author possesses. The current paper aims to delve deep into these layers of her fiction and bring to the surface the tensions, crises and traumas that are recurring throughout her plots and render a totally different dimension to her fiction. Keeping in view particularly her famous works The Namesake and The Lowland, the paper attempts to scrutinize the fault lines and their repercussions on the trajectories of plot and subsequent evolution and transcendence of characters.
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