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Title “Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Assimilation: A Study of Postmodern Fluid’ Self’ in South Asian Fiction”

Author(s) Mr. Zia Ullah

Abstract ABSTRACT Thesis Title: Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Assimilation: A Study of Postmodern Fluid ‘Self’ in South Asian Fiction. The prime rationale of the present dissertation is to scrutinize the notion of cosmopolitanism and cultural assimilation, and the postmodern fluidity in selected South Asian novels. This research employs the theoretical framework propounded by Kwame Anthony Appiah to evaluate the contribution and representation of literary globalization in the making of ‘universal citizen’ whose cultural and geographical border crossing results into the formation of post-modern fluid identities. Textual Analysis of South Asian – Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi – Diaspora writers like Jhumpha Lahiri, Bharati Mukherjee, Zulfikar Ghose, Kamila Shamsie, and Monica Ali prove that border crossing of the immigrants constitute fluid identities and promote the idea of coexistence. They form a shared human community through assimilation and global citizenship. It may be edifying and handy for common people to extend a bond based on reciprocity and harmony as members of the same universal community. These novelists express the idea of home as a psychological phenomenon rather than related to specific geography or nationality. Moreover, these South-Asian writers promulgate the precept of cultural celebration, solidarity, and coexistence with other cultures in the form of assimilation as fellow citizens. This study will contribute to critical understanding of South Asian literature and will pave way for further research in English Literature, Anthropology, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, and Human Development.

Type Thesis/Dissertation PhD

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Department English

Language English

Publication Date 2019-05-24

Subject PhD English Literature

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