THEMATIC CONCERN IN ARUN JOSHI'S NOVEL: THE STRANGE CASE OF BILLY BISWAS

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  • POONAM KUMARI Research Scholar Sunrise University, Alwar

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Abstract

Arun Joshi is one of those modern Indian novelists in English who have broken  new grounds. In this novel Joshi explores the themes of alienation, rootlessness, primitism, existentialism and quest for identity.  Crisis of self and a quest for fulfilment is the central experience of this novel. The strange case of Billy Biswas. Joshi presents a strange and complex character of Bimal Biswas who finds himself rootless and alienated from his surroundings. 

References

Arun Joshi : The Foreigner, Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1968.

Arun Joshi : The Strange Case of Billy Biswas, Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1971.

Arun Joshi : The Last Labyrinth, Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1981. Quoted in Sujata Mathai's "I'm, a stranger to my books", The Times of India, 9th July, 1983.

Dua, M.R. : (Interview) An Interview with Mr. Arun Joshi, dated 3rd September, 1971.

"A Winner's Secrets, An interview with Purabi Benerji", The Sunday Statesman, 27 Feb. 1983.

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2016-12-31

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016): DECEMBER 2016

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