Crisis of Identity: Ambivalent Position of Ruth Jhabvala As a Novelist
A Comparative Analysis of Ruth Jhabvala's Fiction
by Saroj Bala*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 3, Issue No. 6, Apr 2012, Pages 0 - 0 (0)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Before we begin our study in R.P. Jhabvala’sfiction, let us differentiate between two literary terms, often referred to asAnglo-Indian and Indo-Anglian literature. Anglo Indian literature comprises thesolid mass of writing, exemplifying the colonial discourse from the British pointof view. According to E F Oaten(“Anglo-Indian Literature”, The Cambridge History of English LiteratureVol. XIV Part III, Cambridge University Press, 1967. p. 331.
KEYWORD
Crisis of Identity, Ambivalent Position, Ruth Jhabvala, Novelist, literary terms, Anglo-Indian literature, Indo-Anglian literature, colonial discourse, British point of view
