Volume IV Special Issue II February 2024

Name of Author : Muhammed Answif K K

Title of the paper : Comparative Cultural Studies, Translation, and Globalization in Literature: Matter of Exclusion and Regain

Abstract: The choice of work for translation and comparative cultural study contributes to the stream of cultural exchange and hence, its time to rethink popular translated works specifically on fiction in the era of globalization. The importance of the carnivalesque framework of Mikael Bakhtin to bring forward the voice of all class sections in literature must be noticed. Instead of retaining long periods of the hegemony of the dominant class and replacing it with pop culture which ultimately erases identity of micro-cultures is problematic. Two literary works taken for the analysis are Haruki Murakamis Wild Sheep Chase and Arundhati Roys Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Although the literariness and acceptability of the works are doubtless, the comparative literature reading of these works differs. This paper analyses importance of carnivalesque works in translation, and comparative culture studies to retain literature from cultural homogenization.

Keywords : Globalization, Literature, Cultural Homogenization, Translation, Comparative Literature

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Page Number : 25-29