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- Title
CHAPTER 1: Cosmopolitan Attitudes and Cosmopolitan: Identities in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines.
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "The Shadow Lines," by Amitav Ghosh's is presented. focusing on its thematic exploration of the artificiality of national identity and borders. The analysis delves into the complex identity of the character Ila, a cosmopolitan individual raised in multiple nations, revealing how the narrative challenges conventional prejudices against people with cosmopolitan identities and emphasizes the divisiveness inherent in nationalistic ideologies.
- Subjects
SHADOW Lines, The (Book); GHOSH, Amitav, 1956-; COSMOPOLITANISM in literature; NATIONALISM in literature; LITERARY characters
- Publication
Cross / Cultures: Readings in the Post / Colonial Literatures in English, 2022, Vol 219, p27
- ISSN
0924-1426
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1163/9789004527126_004