A Study of Multiple Narrative Devices in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Sister of My Heart and The Vine of Desire
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Abstract: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian diasporic writer who wears many caps as a writer of multiple genres. Her literary works have brought many laurels to her credit. She is a gifted postcolonial writer with great insight into human psychology. Most of works reflect her connect with Indian roots, culture and traditions which are portrayed in her books in an effective and a convincing manner. Her narrative techniques make her a distinguished story-teller. Readers all over the world have acknowledged her abilities as a powerful writer who enthrals the audience with varied themes, creativity and vivid imagery. She uses a combination of back story, analeptic reference or flash back, prolepsis or flash forward to set the plots. Various narrative techniques like, the First-Person narration, Magical Realism, Multi-Perspectivity, analogy, Second-Person narration, Stream of Consciousness and Third-Person Narration are used deftly by Divakaruni. This paper seeks to explore the multiple narrative techniques employed by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in her novels Sister of My Heart and its Sequel The Vine of My Desire. Keywords: narrative techniques, analeptic reference, prolepsis, First Person narration, Magical realism, Multi-Perspectivity, analogy, Second Person narration, Stream of Consciousness, Third Person Narration.
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Sujatha Girish, Dr. Payel Dutta Chowdhury
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