Postmodern And Postcolonial Discourses in Yann Martel's Life of Pi
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (2001) is a bildungsroman incorporating elements of philosophy and fantasy. It is an experimental survivor narrative, a discourse on trauma and postmodern culture. Life of Pi lends itself to a postcolonial reading as well. Yann Martel’s biography itself is read along the lines of postcolonial theory, in terms of his travels and journeys. As a postmodern novel, Life of Pi challenges conventional storytelling, embraces ambiguity, and explores the nature of truth and belief. Through its unreliable narrator, metafictional elements, intertextuality, and philosophical themes, it invites readers to question the nature of reality and the role of stories in shaping human experience.
Authors: A. Balu Vijayaraghavan, Dr, K N, Aparna
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7090864935
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