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- Title
INVESTIGATING NARRATIVE LEVELS: A NARRATOLOGICAL APPROACH TO KAMALA MARKANDAYA’S A HANDFUL OF RICE.
- Authors
Shukla, Aruna; Tiwari, Anoop Kumar
- Abstract
Kamala Markandaya voices the untold sufferings of the rural farmers, middle-class city dwellers, impact of industrialization and the position of women in society. She is interested in both ‘what’ and ‘how’ of the narratives. She uses different techniques to make her story powerful and instils message in readers mind. Her narrative techniques abound in modes of expression and narrations. A Handful of Rice (1966) is known for her experimental techniques to uncover the individual rebellion and acceptance of social expectations. This study analyses narratological approach to the novel to identify the narrative levels. Narratology is the study of ‘how’ narratives create meaning, and focuses upon ‘what,’ pertaining to the basic mechanism and procedures of it. The study traces Gerard Genette’s concept of narrative levels, narratives and narrators in Kamala Markandaya’s A Handful of Rice. The narrative of the novel covers period of ten years accompanying different narrators, narratives and their levels. This study elucidates the correlation of narratological interpretation in emphasizing themes such as poverty, hunger, struggle of middle class city dwellers and impact of industrialization on them through excerpts of the novel.
- Subjects
RURAL women; NARRATOLOGY; CITY dwellers; SOCIAL acceptance; RICE; MIDDLE class; SOCIAL conflict; NARRATION
- Publication
Cogito (2066-7094), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 3, p136
- ISSN
2068-6706
- Publication type
Article