Volume IV Special Issue V June 2024

Name of Author : S.Sabitha, Dr.G. Yesudhas

Title of the paper : Politics in Hajins in The War Trash

Abstract: Chinese American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by the Writers of Chinese descent. Ha Jin is a Chinese American poet and novelist, Who writes an effective exile. In exile he writes from the four corners of China, singing songs of lament, and Chinese tradition. Jin is associated with the misty poet movement. The misty poets are a group of Chinese who reacted against the restrictions placed on the arts during the Cultural Revolution. Certain socio-political issues like multiculturalism, cultural interaction, riots, immigration, identity, crisis, deprivation and discrimination are commonly found in Ha Jins novel. Ha Jin uses a different set of language to depict the inner crisis in the lives of the characters with a focus extensively on helplessness, agony, struggle and submission. Jins writing is effective and precise his narrative bringing to life horrific battles, constant privation, of the worst sort and abusive behavior by the Nationalists mainland Chinese officers and even the Americans.

Keywords : Alienation, Social realism,Identity Crisis, Oppression, Immigrant Experiences.

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Page Number : 58-59