Encounter between the Orient and the Occident in the Novels of Ruth Prawar Jhabvala


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  • Bandana Bharti Research Scholar University Department of English ,Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2020.4.6.16

Keywords:

Orient, Occident, Multicultural, East, West, Heat and Dust

Abstract

Ruth Prawar Jhabvala is an amazingly remarkable craftsman dominating in the field of novel writing. This paper perfectly examines the orient and occident particularly in Jhabval’s work Heat and Dust. The English guideline has been a significant intermission in the long history of India. It impacted the foundations, practices, and ways to deal with numerous aspects of the Indian lifestyle. It’s anything but a brief look at a captivating group environment and the maturity in that. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust, which won the esteemed Booker Prize in 1975, presents the more extensive circles of mankind in pre just as post-autonomy India. This research paper investigates the diverse relationship or communication and reveals insight into the experience between the Orient and the Occident. It follows out the multicultural points of view and attempts to keep a trade-off between the East and the West.

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Published

2020-02-29

How to Cite

Bandana Bharti. “Encounter Between the Orient and the Occident in the Novels of Ruth Prawar Jhabvala”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 4, no. 6, Feb. 2020, pp. 97-102, doi:10.53032/tcl.2020.4.6.16.

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