Struggle of an immigrant woman in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s NOVEL “Queen of Dreams”

Authors

  • S. Ponjeeva PG & Research Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous),Tiruchirappalli – 620020
  • S.Shobana PG & Research Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous),Tiruchirappalli – 620020

Keywords:

Diaspora, immigrant experiences, identity crisis and culture conflict.

Abstract

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, a renowned author celebrated for her insightful exploration of the  Immigrant experience, particularly for women characters in her novel “Queen of Dreams”.  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is Indian American writer, born in July 29,1956. Queen of Dreams (2004) Is about the generation of immigrants’ family living in America. The novel “Queen of  Dreams” is based on the epigraph of Haruki Murakami and the lines are taken from Sputnik  Sweetheart. Queen of Dreams has multiple concepts of immigrants’ identity, culture conflict and  problem Struggle by the immigrant People. In this novel the character Rakhi shows the immigrant  Identity crisis. In this novel the author questions about her real identity, she shares her Indian and  American experience through her novel. Thus, the novelist discusses about the immigrant People,  their life, culture, and desire for interconnecting of one identity. 

References

Divakaruni Chitra Banerjee, Queen of Dreams. Newyork Anchor book 2005. Print Olga Kenyon, writing Women (London Pluto Press,1991).

Bhabha Home, The location of culture, Routledge,1994.

Malathi, R. ‘Quest for Identity in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Queen of Dreams.

Published

2024-09-13

Issue

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

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