Analysis A House for Mr. Biswas as a Diaspora allegory

MEG-08
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT 2017-2018 (Based on Blocks 18) 
Course Code: MEG-08/ 2017-18 Max. Marks: 100

Analyse A House for Mr. Biswas as a Diaspora allegory 

Diasporic Novel

1. (i) Away from the motherland, the diasporans feel a sense of loss and gloom.

(ii) To bridge cultures through widening of experience needs the diasporic sensibility.

2. If A House for Mr. Biswas is read on postcolonial premises, this diasporic unhappiness becomes clear.

3. (i) Mr. Biswas did find a house in the Sikkim street at last, but it was an ideal one upto his expectations.

(ii) He only consoled himself with its illusory benefits like the soothing shade of the laburnum tree.

4. The “Root” and “Route” metaphors:

These two  metaphors are  used in the  study of  diasporic literature by  Paul Gilroy  in “The Black  Atlantic 

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