Pdf meena alexander and american identity stephanie han. Download fulltext pdf faultlines a journey through meena alexanders life, conflicts and adjustments with the host society as a result of multiple dislocations conference paper pdf available. Pdf this study examines the conflicts and adjustments that the indo american poetwriter meena alexander had to go through due to multiple. The present paper reflects the internal turmoil of a displaced and dislocated woman in meena alexander s first novel nampally road. Born in allahabad, india in 1951 to syrian christian family, she.
Meena alexander is one of the most important contemporary south asian american poets. An expanded version of atmospheric embroidery is forthcoming from triquarterly books northwestern university press in spring 2018. The following entry presents criticism of alexanders career through 1998. She turned five on the indian ocean, on the journey with her mother from india to sudan. Born in allahabad, india, poet meena alexander was raised in kerala and sudan. She lived in new york city for many years, where she was distinguished. She was raised in both india and the sudan in north africa.
Meena alexander 1951 indian poet, novelist, critic, and autobiographer. Alexander s biography, intimately connected with her literary output, has spanned four continents and is marked by myriad passages across oceans and borders. On the literary map of indian women writings, meena alexander appears to be leading woman poetess. Described as undoubtedly one of the finest poets of contemporary times by the statesman india, she was the author. She earned a ba at khartoum university and a phd at nottingham university. Pdf faultlines a journey through meena alexanders life. Meena alexanders illiterate heart and quickly changing river.
Pdf 2012 the dislocated woman in deepa mehta and meena. Meena alexander has published many books, including several volumes of poetry, criticism, a memoir, lyric essays and two novels. Each thing rings its turn, you sang in my ear, a slip of a thing dressed like a convent girl. With their intense lyricism, meena alexanders poems convey the fragmented experience of the traveler, for whom home is both nowhere and. Born in allahabad, india, and raised in india and sudan, alexander lived and. Her novella nampally road is a look at the fight for. She received a bachelors degree in french and english from khartoum university and a doctorate degree in english from nottingham university in england. Muse by meena alexander poems academy of american poets.
Described as undoubtedly one of the finest poets of contemporary times by the statesman india. Pdf meena alexander and american identity stephanie. Meena alexander 17 february 1951 21 november 2018 was an indian poet, scholar, and. Meena alexander and american identity st e p h a n i e h a n downloaded from by guest on january 7, 2015 the need to be.
Meena alexander 17 february 1951 21 november 2018 was an indian poet, scholar, and writer. Through the usage of motif and diction, meena alexander distinguishes her fractured identity by illustrating the confinement of the many fragments of her identity that do not seem to fit together, creating a dissatisfied and despondent tone. Two poems, by meena alexander world literature today. The short, semiautobiographical first novel nampally road by meena alexander.
The 1990s saw a tremendous growth in the fields of postcolonial literature and theory, as well as in the field of us ethnic studies, which includes asian american and more specifically south asian american studies. Critical essays on meena alexander, seeks to address. Alexander taught at the university of hyderabad, columbia university, and al quds university, and was a national fellow at the indian institute for advanced study, shimla. Meena alexander was born in allahabad, india, on february 17, 1951. Meena alexander is known as an indian feminist writer who has produced a modern commentary on mary wollstonecrafts the vindication of the rights of women. Diasporic experience in the novel of meena alexander. Search for identity in meena alexanders fault lines international. She was raised both in kerala, south india and in khartoum, sudan.
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