Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Saarland University (Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Anglophone Kulturen), course: India & the American Dream: Fictional Examples, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, we will attempt a psychoanalytically tinted interpretation of one, if not the main character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake. Thus, this piece analyses the American identity in the novel, The Namesake by exploring the role of family, culture, and environment in shaping American identity Later, this turns out to be his official name, and Gogol is oblivious of the importance behind it. During his stay in the United States of America with his wife, he chooses to name his newborn child Gogol, which was a pet name. Apparently, this took place when he was reading his cherished novel by Nikolai Gogol.
The author analyzes Ganguli family, beginning with Ashoke’s close confrontation with death when he gets through a train crash in his homeland, India. This set includes: The complete BOOKCLUB-IN-A-BOX Guidebook A Read-Alongside-Guide (RAG) - a quick reference of fast facts and things to consider while reading the novel which can be copied and distributed to members A BOOKCLUB-IN-A-BOX sticky notepad to highlight important passages and to record your important thoughts Bookmarks to keep your place in all those great novels you're going to read.Įssay from the year 2017 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works,, language: English, abstract: "The Namesake" is the first novel from Pulitzer-winner Jhumpa Lahiri, focusing on the division between assimilated American children and Indian migrants. If you have suffered from a lack of discussion topics in the past, use this guide! Sections include: Literary Interpretation Writing Style and Structure Themes and Focus Points Characaterisation Historical Information Novel Summary Author Information Images, Symbols and Metaphors Important Quotes. BOOKCLUB-IN-A-BOX is the spot to come for a literary perspective and understanding that is just right. The newer novels of our time have few supportive interpretations as of yet the classics have too many. This is a terrific resource for students and educators of literary fiction. Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Superman Returns) stars as Gogol.
The couple's firstborn, Gogol, and sister Sonia grow up amid these divided loyalties, struggling to find their own identity without losing their heritage.
Brilliantly illuminating the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations, The Namesake tells the story of the Ganguli family, whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to adapt to a new world while remembering the old. Six Indian and American photographers' works are represented. These two essays, written exclusively for this Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook, introduce an amazing panoply of images of people and places shot mainly in New York and Calcutta during the making of the movie, accented by excerpts from Lahiri's bestselling novel. has been a humbling and thrilling passage." Mira Nair's essay, "Photographs as Inspiration," begins with the provocative comment: "If it weren't for photography, I wouldn't be a filmmaker." She explains how photographs help her crystallize the visual style of her films and which particular photos influenced her vision for The Namesake. To have someone as devoted and as gifted as Mira reinvent my novel. "Its essence remains, but it inhabits a different realm and must, like a transposed piece of music, conform to a different set of rules. In her essay "Writing and Film," the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the experience of seeing her novel "transposed" from paper to film. Original essays and glorious photography, stunningly designed in this unique moviebook from the director of Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair-a Fox Searchlight release.