The Process of Literary Creation Across Cultural Borders: A Reading of Rohinton Mistry’s “Swimming Lessons”

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  • Cielo Griselda Festino Universidade Paulista/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.22.3.205-213

Keywords:

literary creation, cultural dislocation, cultural identity

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to consider the process of literary creation as recreated by the Indian author Rohinton Mistry in his short story “Swimming lessons.” The dislocation of the main character from India to Canada allows him to turn his memories into fictional material and cross cultural borders. Literature is thus turned into a space of reflection which allows him to makes sense of his own experience in the diaspora.

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Published

2012-12-31

How to Cite

Festino, C. G. (2012). The Process of Literary Creation Across Cultural Borders: A Reading of Rohinton Mistry’s “Swimming Lessons”. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 22(3), 205–213. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.22.3.205-213

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2012): Migrações Literárias

Section

Dossiê - Migrações Literárias - Textos em Trânsito

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