LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 12 December 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Indeterminacies in Howatch’s St. Benet’s Trilogy

Kala Chandrasekaran, M.A. M.Phil., PGCTE

Abstract

Indeterminacy is one of the essential components of Postmodern Literature. Indeterminacy reflects the fluid times of the postmodern period. Usage of indeterminacy piques the interests of the readers and engages them with the text. Like an artist or a writer, the readers also unfold and evolve. Leaving things to the imagination of the readers makes the text interesting to them whenever they revisit the text. Susan Howatch in her St. Benet’s Trilogy (The Wonder Worker, The High Flyer and The Heartbreaker) uses indeterminacy to engage the readers with the text. This paper aims to give instances of indeterminacy in the three novels and how they arouse the curiosity of the readers.

Key words: Indeterminacy, curiosity aroused, making their own meanings

Introduction

This paper aims to present the fact that Susan Howatch's St. Benet's Trilogy contains one of the essential postmodern aspects - Indeterminacy. Indeterminacy piques the interest of the readers and hence engages the readers thoroughly with the text.

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Kala Chandrasekaran, M.A. M.Phil., PGCTE
Assistant Professor of English
Department of Science & Humanities
Faculty of Engineering
Avinashilingam University
Coimbatore 641 108
Tamilnadu
India
kala.chandrasekaran@gmail.com
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