RELH 3725 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jhumpa Lahiri, Non-Resident Indian And Person Of Indian Origin, Overcoat

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Religion-Hinduism
• Course: RELH 3725
• Professor: Nemec John

Document Summary

Select one, two, or three narrative tropes/narrative devices in the namesake and trace the manners in which they are deployed in the novel. On my honor, i have neither given nor received aid on this paper. The quote blurs the distance between the diasporic cultures, traditions, peoples, and societies that jhumpa lahiri"s, the namesake, highlights. However, its meaning permeates every page of the novel, allowing the reader to understand lahiri"s true display of cultural resistance, hybridity, and personal identity. Born to bengali parents in london and raised in rhode island, lahiri is british by birth, american by nationality and indian by origin, an apt representation of indian diaspora herself. Through this diaspora, lahiri depicts an illusory homeland created by indian-american couple ashoke and ashima after they moved to america from calcutta. By artistically incorporating the themes of naming, identity, and journey in the family"s life and surroundings, she aims the book at not only.