LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:7 July 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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A Parallel Study on Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines and Chetan Bhagat’s The Three Mistakes of My Life

Dr. G. Baskaran and P. Indu

Abstract

An attempt is made in this article to compare the two eminent contemporary novelists, Amitav Ghosh and Chetan Bhagat, who have taken India to the global scene through their narrative skills. The study is made to read their perceptions of reality, myth, history, politics, characters and some selected themes. The riots that broke the peace of the nation India at the time of partition of British India are taken for narration. How the riots were dealt with by Ghosh and Bhagat in their respective novels is the major focus of this study.

Importance of Parallel Study

Parallel study paves the way to examine the similarities and the dissimilarities of a work of art by two different authors of the same country. M.M. Enani defines “Parallel Study” in the book Theories of Comparative Literature: “Any study of parallelism claims that there are affinities between the literatures of different peoples whose social evolution is similar, regardless of whether or not there is any mutual influence or direct relation between them” (42). The two works of art may contain the same theme but the narration or the tone of characterization may differ.

Amtav Ghosh and Chetan Bhagat

The two authors taken for the parallel study are Indian English Writers Amitav Ghosh, a novelist, columnist, environmentalist, essayist and a travelogue writer and Chetan Bhagat whose works have become immensely popular in recent years. Chetan’s six novels have won critical praise and prestigious literary awards. His novel The Five Point Someone has also been adapted into a film and has brought more fame and glory to the writer. The Three Mistakes of My Life is his fifth novel that was written in 2008 and has found a place in bestselling lists across the world.

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P. Indu
Ph.D. Full Time Research Scholar
Research Centre in English
VHNSN College
Virudhunagar – 626 001
Tamilnadu
India
tpvindu@gmail.com

Dr. G. Baskaran
Associate Professor of English
Faculty of English and Foreign Languages
Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University)
Gandhigram
Dindigal 624 302
Tamilnadu
India
rgbaskaran@gmail.com
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