Self-Actualization and Transformation of An Indian Immigrant in The US: A Critical Study of Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine
Self-Actualization and Transformation of An Indian Immigrant in The US: A Critical Study of Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine
Self-Actualization and Transformation of An Indian Immigrant in The US: A Critical Study of Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine
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Reg.No: 1471143
Department of English
Kaliyakkavilai
April 2016
Suji Paul. P.H.
M.A. English,
Reg. No: 1471143,
Department of English,
Nanjil Catholic College of Arts and Science,
Kaliyakkavilai.
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Mukherjee’s Jasmine is my original work done under the guidance and supervision
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli for the degree of Master of Arts in English. This
work is not submitted either in whole or in part for the award of any degree, diploma,
Professor,
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I thank God, Almighty from the depth of my heart for giving me health,
knowledge and ability to carry my research work successfully.
Contents
Chapter Page
One Introduction 1
Identity Crisis 27
Four Summation 43
Works Cited 49
Preface
sufferings and her search for self-identity. The novel also describes how Jasmine
uproots herself from her life in India and re-roots herself in search of a new life.
This work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter “Introduction”
introduces literature, Indian literature and it also presents some Indian writers and
then focuses on Bharati Mukherjee’s works, her career and her achievements. It also
Jasmine’s husband and her immigration towards the USA. The changes that take
The final chapter “Summation” is the summing up of the earlier chapters. The
findings of the earlier chapters are stated. The study shows the sufferings of
immigrants in a new alien country and how they later assimilate into the new culture.