Breaking the Frame of the Language: A Critical Analysis of Meena Alexander's Attitude towards Creating a Self through Language

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Article 1, Volume 47, Issue 3, October 2014, Pages 1-24   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/lts.v47i3.40108

Author

Saba Azimi^*

Department of English, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Meena Alexander, a contemporary Indian-American writer and a professor of English Literature and Women’s Studies. The criticism of Dr. Alexander’s poetry and prose brings in many issues that draws upon poststructuralism and postcolonialism. To mention a few, the negotiation of fragmented identity, the problem of belonging, and the challenge of living in a female body are among her concerns. What makes the representation of the body in her writings more problematic is the language of this representation which is a colonial language.

Keywords

Meena Alexander; Identity; Body; Colonial Language; Semiotic

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