LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:9 September 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Cultural Amalgamation of Cosmopolitanism in
Rita Dove’s The Yellow House on the Corner

M. Kalai Nathiyal and Dr. V. Malarkodi


Abstract

This paper presents a brief study of cultural amalgamation of cosmopolitanism as found in the The Yellow House on the Corner by Rita Dove. Cultural amalgamation describes not only race and culture, but it also focuses on contextualization of language and indigenous and international cultures. Cultural amalgamation happens when two cultures mix to form a new culture. Cosmopolitanism which involves unpacking the two entangled concepts, universality and personal experience, equally resonates with African American literature.

Keywords: cultural amalgamation, cosmopolitanism, African American literature, Rita Dove, The Yellow House on the Corner.

Introduction

Rita Dove is a poet and craftsman living in Ohio, who culturally intermingled with other ethnic groups. Cultural amalgamation involves not only race and culture, but it also focuses on contextualization of language and indigenous and international cultures. Cultural amalgamation happens when two cultures mix to form a new culture.

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M. Kalai Nathiyal, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of English
AnnamalaiUniversity
Annamalai Nagar-6008002
Tamilnadu
India
englitphd@gmail.com

M. Kalai Nathiyal, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of English
AnnamalaiUniversity
Annamalai Nagar-6008002
Tamilnadu
India
englitphd@gmail.com

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