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ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING

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267–274
Publication Date
2018-04-13
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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.

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Key Findings & Data: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.
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Conclusion & Impact: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.
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⚙️Variables:sömürgecilik sonrası · dil · kültür

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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.

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Çelikel, M. A. (2018). ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: REFORMULATION OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN A POSTCOLONIAL SETTING. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Sayı: 31, 267–274. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.414845

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