Nationality, History, and Mythology: A Thematic Study of Man Booker Prize-Winning Novel Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Authors

  • Dr Meenakshi Joshi Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities IPS Academy, IES, Indore

Keywords:

Mythology, Prophecies, Witchcraft

Abstract

Man Booker Prize is the most prominent award given away, every year, to the finest work of fiction. The award is an opportunity and a platform for sensible literature and novelists and their work. It helps them to make their approach to global readers. The research paper is the thematic study of Wolf Hall, one of the winning novels of the Booker Prize. Written by Novelist Hilary Mantel who won the award twice for her Tudor novels series, Wolf Hall won the award in 2010. The historical novel provides a window for the readers to revisit the history of the country (England). Mantel shows the England of the sixteenth century through the eyes of her protagonist Thomas Cromwell. She has woven the national myth with historical facts into the novel. She includes nation-defining events to explore the nation’s identity. Mantel has taken the most influential and discussed period of history which plays an important role in the History of England as a nation.

Author Biography

Dr Meenakshi Joshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities IPS Academy, IES, Indore

Dr Meenakshi Joshi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities of the Institute of Engineering and Sciences, IPS Academy Indore, MP. She has more than 13 years of experience in teaching and 7 years of experience in research. Her research areas are Fiction and creative literary techniques, new teaching techniques in English Language and Communication Skills. She has received the Award of Best Teacher by RGPV and also has received the honourable mention and winners of the Editor’s pick on MUSE India Author’s Space platform for her poetry.

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Published

01.01.2023

How to Cite

Meenakshi Joshi. (2023). Nationality, History, and Mythology: A Thematic Study of Man Booker Prize-Winning Novel Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel . Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 14(1), 38–42. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL140106

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023): January

Section

Research Articles

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