The Power of Narration and Stream of Consciousness in The God of Small Things

Authors

  • K. Primrose Assistant Professor of English, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli-2

Keywords:

Stream of consciousness, Myriad thoughts, Focalization, Stylistic deviance

Abstract

Indian writers are always levelled down in the concept of narration which is a myth. If western writers experiment with style consciously, Indians unconsciously attempt this, understanding the content to such an extent that it overflows in narration. This paper tries to study the narrative style of the novel The God of Small Things that created a tremor revealing the hidden issues and motives inside the class conscious people. Roy uses ‘stream of consciousness’, moves away from the ties of grammar, transports the myriad thoughts to the text with an effective focalization. The 'how’ of the text appeals the reader and then the message is carried through the medium of language. Thus, this paper explores how stream of consciousness works in this novel.

References

Bowling, Lawrence Edward. “What is the Stream of Consciousness Technique?”. Publications of The Modern Language Association of America, vol. 65, no. 4, June 1950, pp. 333—345, https://doi.org/10.2307/459641

Deepa. K and P. Nagarai. “Stylistic Aspects of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things” International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, vol. 4, no. 8, August 2014, pp. 1—3, ISSN 2250-3153. http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0814.php?rp=P323032

Roy, Arudhati. The God of Small Things. Harper Perennial 1998.

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Published

01.10.2019

How to Cite

K. Primrose. (2019). The Power of Narration and Stream of Consciousness in The God of Small Things. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 10(4), 11–14. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL100403

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2019): October

Section

Research Articles

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