Abstract:
The thesis, ‘Diasporic Chronotope in Women’s Fiction: A Select Study’ is a
research work that aims to analyse historical/temporal and cultural/spatial features
in the novels, Joy Kogawa’s Obasan (1981), Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s
Daughter (2001), SKY Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café (1990), Bapsi Sidhwa’s
An American Brat (1997), Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003) and Jhumpa Lahiri’s
The Namesake (2003). These writers represent different diasporas, such as
Japanese-Canadian (Joy Kogawa), Chinese-Canadian (SKY Lee), Chinese-
American (Amy Tan), Pakistani-American (Bapsi Sidhwa), Indian-American
(Jhumpa Lahiri) and Bangladeshi-English (Monica Ali). Diaspora studies,
generally, discuss the nature of exile, nostalgia, memory, alienation, inbetweeness
and identity crisis.
