The Portrayal of Mimicry in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Hell Heaven” and “Hema and Kaushik”: A Postcolonial Study

• Main Author: Mega Harwati Nungki Wiranita
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; PR83 English literature
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/2/1.%20HALAMAN%20JUDUL.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/6/2.%20DAFTAR%20ISI.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/8/3.%20ABSTRAK.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/7/4.%20BAB%20I%20PENDAHULUAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/9/5.%20BAB%20II%20TINJAUAN%20PUSTAKA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/1/6.%20BAB%20III%20HASIL%20DAN%20ANALISA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/3/7.%20BAB%20IV%20KESIMPULAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/4/8.%20DAFTAR%20PUSTAKA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/5/9.%20SINOPSIS.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114392/; http://www.lib.unair.ac.id
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

This study discusses mimicry issue depicted through the main character Usha in “Hell-heaven” and Hema and Kaushik in “Hema and Kaushik” in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth. Their parents experiences diaspora and it makes them, as the second generation, have to adapt the new culture to be accepted....