The two motifs that are central to the novel The Solid Mandala.

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08

July 2016 & January 2017 Sessions

Programme: MEG

Assignment Code: MEG-08/TMA/2016-17

Max Marks: 100

9. Discuss the two motifs that are central to the novel The Solid Mandala.

Motif in a literary aspect is a subject, an idea or a phrase that is repeated and developed in a work of literature. There are two major motifs that are central to the narrative namely Androgyny and Mandala motifs and some implications they have for the interpretation of the novel.

Androgyny motif

The allusions to Tiresias and the hermaphrodite Adam are the strongest manifestation of the androgynous figure in the text. A weaker version of this motif is seen in textual representation s of transvestitism. “The union of ....................................

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