LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Quest Motif in Patrick White’s Novel Voss

B. Siva Priya, M.A., M.Phil.

Abstract

Patrick White (May 28, 1912- September 30, 1990) was the first Australian to receive the Noble Prize for Literature. Though Patrick White writes on many themes to suit his purpose, his novels revolve mainly around one major concern, the quest for self. Quest plays a vital role in knowing the true purpose of life. The reward of quest is gaining the deeper understanding of one’s True Self and the discovery of a new and different way of being. Quest can be fulfilled only through prolonged suffering and by experience. Patrick White’s central characters, male and female, typically struggle through several layers of experience and finally achieve their identity. This paper entitled Quest Motif in Patrick White’s Novel Voss presents how Voss, a German explorer, undergoes a quest for self and finally achieves his identity.

Keywords: suffering, humility, salvation, fulfillment

Patrick White, a Nobel Prize Novelist

Australian Literature, like all great literatures, is dynamic. It is the response of creative writers to the condition of life in Australia. Patrick White (May 28, 1912- September 30, 1990) was an Australian author who is widely regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century. He was the first Australian to receive the Noble Prize for Literature. Patrick White is concerned with three major themes in his novels: the obvious and influencing isolation of the individual, the quest of an individual for identity, integrity and fulfillment, the ironic contrast between the elite outsider and the philistine society. Though Patrick White writes on many themes to suit his purpose, his novels revolve mainly around one major concern, the quest for self.

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B. Siva Priya, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women
Sivakasi- 626123
Tamil Nadu
India
sivapriyabaskaran@yahoo.co.in
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