Analysis of the namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri in the lens of diaspora and theory of hybridity by home k Bhabha
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2020
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UMT, Lahore
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The Namesake highlights the struggles faced by multi-cultural and immigrants, specifically Bengali immigrants in English countries. Jhumpa Lahiri herself, being a hybrid, raises the issues faced by immigrants in this contemporary era. Hybrid is a product of two different region. Hybrid is in conflict between land of origin and host country. This study focuses on the challenges faced by the diaspora community in a foreign land. It will investigate in-depth the issues faced by third world country citizens both as immigrants and settlers. This investigation reflects upon the double identity of Gogol, the hybrid and essential protagonist in the novel. Gogol suffered from duality and alienation throughout the novel. The selected text is very first novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that articulated the feelings of hybrid in a foreign land and the way they tackle those emotions of being an outsider, the other, an inferior. The post-colonial writers who experienced hybridity always try to depict this relationship through their literary work for years. Considering this unavoidable aspect of cultural conflict and hybridity. This paper will examine and study the character of Gogol in the lens of Homi K. Bhabha’s theory of hybridity.