Alienation and Identity Crisis in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss
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2021-06
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This dissertation attempts to study Kiran Desai‟s novel The Inheritance of Loss which is
considered as a true representation of the postcolonial period. In particular, this study aims to
analyze and investigate the way selected characters (the Judge, Jemubhai and the cook‟s son,
Biju) move from a local to a global world suggesting displacement, which eventually results
in alienation and identity crisis. Based on this, the research methodology that was applied is
post-colonialism. The dissertation is divided into two chapters. The first chapter involves
historical and theoretical background knowledge. While, the second chapter centers on the
analysis of the novel focusing on the issues of alienation and identity crisis of the characters
with accordance to Homi Bhabha conceptions of Mimicry, Hybridity and Ambivalence.
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Key Words: Postcolonial, Displacement, Alienation, Identity Crisis, Mimicry, Hybridity, Ambivalence.