The Inevitable Failure of Meta-narratives in "The God of Small Things"

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: Postmodern eye looks at human society from the vantage-point which is much criticized by the philosophers of a wide range of different disciplines. It is said that postmodernism fails to establish its own philosophy, own solution and, thereby, postmodern urge is kept aside all human endeavor looking at it with a suspicious eye. On the other hand, the postmodernists, addressing the all-inclusive-philosophies as meta-narratives, declare that the metanarratives have lost their power to convince and, therefore, advocate little narratives. However, this paper tries to respect the postmodern urges with the study of the novel The God of Small Things.

About the author

"I am moved by fancies that are curled
Around these images, and cling:
The notion of some infinitely gentle
Infinitely suffering thing.
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--T. S. Eliot

I was born in Kushtia, Bangladesh, the land blessed with the touch of Lalan Shah, Rabindranath Tagore, Mir Mosharraf Hossain. I am a man eager to learn the truths of life--to come out of all complexities of life-- throughout my whole life.

Product details

• Authors: Mushfique Mahmood
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2012
• EAN: 9783656334347
• ISBN: 978-3-656-33434-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 62 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V200373; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V200373
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies