Naipaul's View Of Diasporic Sensibility
CHAPTER- IV
Diasporic Sensibility: Desire for Rooting and Re-Rooting in V. S. Naipaul’s Travel Writings, Essays and Stories.
V.S. Naipul’s creative corpus accommodates collection of stories, essays and travel writings and there has always been a sense of rediscovery of his works. As a writer of multiple heritages, Naipaul remains an instable traveler and has undergone transformation from a novelist to a story writer and essayist of acute observation of world issues, specially the issues faced by the Third world countries. Naipaul’s fictions and non- fictions are closely related on the account of establishing problems and the effects of socio- geographical displacement during and after the colonial rule. He has the tragic view of history because after travelling the third world countries, he came to know the world- its pitilessness and struggle, its indifference …show more content…
An Area of Darkness (1964) is another travel book that reflects his visit to India and his visit to India was motivated by his desire to explore his roots and redefine his position as a Hindu of Indian origin and to examine whether India could be his home. Through the book Naipaul expresses his feelings and describes his experiences in India and gives the reader deep insight into a country and his strange sensibility. His other two books on India India: A Wounded Civilization (1977) and India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990) mark his vision and engagement with India. His encounter with India can be interpreted with exile, suffering, struggle and return as reflected in his books. On the other way the book reflects Naipaul’s identity as a British
Diasporic Sensibility: Desire for Rooting and Re-Rooting in V. S. Naipaul’s Travel Writings, Essays and Stories.
V.S. Naipul’s creative corpus accommodates collection of stories, essays and travel writings and there has always been a sense of rediscovery of his works. As a writer of multiple heritages, Naipaul remains an instable traveler and has undergone transformation from a novelist to a story writer and essayist of acute observation of world issues, specially the issues faced by the Third world countries. Naipaul’s fictions and non- fictions are closely related on the account of establishing problems and the effects of socio- geographical displacement during and after the colonial rule. He has the tragic view of history because after travelling the third world countries, he came to know the world- its pitilessness and struggle, its indifference …show more content…
An Area of Darkness (1964) is another travel book that reflects his visit to India and his visit to India was motivated by his desire to explore his roots and redefine his position as a Hindu of Indian origin and to examine whether India could be his home. Through the book Naipaul expresses his feelings and describes his experiences in India and gives the reader deep insight into a country and his strange sensibility. His other two books on India India: A Wounded Civilization (1977) and India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990) mark his vision and engagement with India. His encounter with India can be interpreted with exile, suffering, struggle and return as reflected in his books. On the other way the book reflects Naipaul’s identity as a British