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

Document Type : Research Article

Author

• Saba Azimi

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

https://doi.org/10.22067/lts.v47i3.40108

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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