International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 6(6), pp. 129-131, December, 2018

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2018.061

Review paper

Kiran Desai’s ‘Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard & Italo Calvino’s ‘The baron in the Tree’’ is built around the same storyline of the main character resorting to a displacement from the existing society to a blissful co-existence of being in communion with an adopted culture. This self-imposed exile emerges as a result of a socio—cultural chaos within the then existing society. Resisting the whims and fancies of societal norms, the characters re-locates themselves to a new space. The re-located space of the characters becomes a space for collision of cultures and exchanges. This ‘liminal space’ or ínstertices’ allows mutual exchange between the cultures, reinforcing the essentiality of co-existence between the binaries nature-culture.

Key words: Displacement, Adopted culture, self-imposed exile ,re-located space, luminal space, binaries, nature-culture

Cite This Article As:  Sajeev, S. (2018). Cultural chaos and conflicts in Kiran Desais ‘Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard’ and Italo Calvinod’s ’The Baron in the Tree’. Inter.  J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 6(6): 129-131