A Rhizometic and Anti-Foundational Analysis: Mitali Perkins's You Bring the Distant Near
Abstract
The current study is aimed to investigate You Bring the Distant Near written by an energetic fiction writer from Calcutta, India, Mitali Perkins to highlight the thematic expression of postmodern fragmentation. Rejection of metanarratives has caused all the previously held notions and norms to be toppled down to portray the rhizometic and anti-foundational fragments along with their effects in the society. There is an exploration of specific theoretical assumptions of legendary postmodernists like Jean Francois Lyotard, Giles Deleuze and Felix Guattari in the selected text. The selected text is investigated through the lens of rhizome by Giles Deleuze and Felix Guattari and incredulity toward metanarrative by Jean Francois Lyotard. Based on comprehensive textual analysis, this qualitative research proves that You bring the Distant Near holds authoritative traits of fragmentation, disintegration, chaos, and anarchy under the worldview of postmodernism by endeavoring to highlight rhizometic and anti-foundational fractals in this novel.
Key Words: Postmodernism, Metanarratives, Fragmentation, Local issues
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