Negotiating Aspects of Culture, Communication and Identity in Indian Literary Texts: An Analytical Study
M.Vijayakumar1, Anu Baisel2, Ezhil Kumar3, W.Christopher Rajasekaran4
1M.Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
2Anu Baisel, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
3Ezhil Kumar, Placement Coordinator, Department of Centre for Placement and Training, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
4W.Christopher Rajasekaran, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
Manuscript received on 15 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 22 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 10 July 2019 | PP: 217-219 | Volume-8 Issue-7C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: G10500587C219/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Every language functions as a replica of its culture and value system. As far as Indians are concerned, English is a foreign language. Expression of emotions in an acquired language, for an Indian writer, seems to be a difficult task. Since every language is rooted in its native culture, Indian writers writing in English face the challenges of conquering a foreign language in order to excel in their field. During the process, they succeed in imitating the English only in grammar, structure and style but fail to transmit the real spirit and soul in the foreign language. Therefore an attempt is made in this paper to analyse the negotiating elements identified in some of the Indian literary texts.
Keywords: Indian Writing in English; Nativisation of English; Culture and Identity.
Scope of the Article: Natural Language Processing