Dual Narration and Enchantments in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s May be in Another Life

Authors

  • S. Fazila PG & Research Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous),Tiruchirappalli – 620020
  • S. Hajira Begum PG & Research Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous),Tiruchirappalli – 620020

Keywords:

Dual narration, gender roles, romance, fantasy adventure, political intrigue, exploration, magical artefacts and marginalization.

Abstract

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an accomplished American author and a novelist. She explores strong female characters, complex relationships and innovative narrative styles in her storytelling. Her two most sought after works are Daisy Jones and The Six Husbands of Evelyn Hugo reflects the exploration of choices and consequences. Her novel “May be in Another Life” (2015) an interesting novel is swaddled with themes of Dual narration, gender roles, fantasy adventure and marginalization. This novel gives a concept of parallel universe by giving a different perspective of Hannah, the protagonist faces a captious decision that sets the stage for carping narrative. This novel shows the different choices lead to different relationship outcomes which emphasize how societal expectations and judgments affect regarding gender roles. This research paper reflects the compelling journey that challenges the usual way of storytelling and offers magical elements and an engaging standpoint on the consequences of choices and indirectly concentrates on the point of marginalization.

References

“Maybe in Another Life.” Goodreads, Goodreads, www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23492661.

“Maybe in Another Life.” Books [Read] by Les, lovewhatyouread14.blogspot.com/2020/07/maybe-in-another-life-taylor-jenkins.html?m=1.

“Maybe in Another Life Summary and Study Guide.” SuperSummary, www.supersummary.com/maybe-in-another-life/summary/.

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Published

2024-09-13

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2024): Jamal Academic Research Journal-An Interdisciplinary (JARJ)

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Articles

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