Things in The Inheritance of Loss play a mighty agent role in multiple spatial dimensions.Interconnected space and things shape and influence the characters in the novel.In Lefebvre's spatial theory,things help build physical,social and psychological spaces:things determine hierarchy and belonging;things connect or destroy net-works of relationships;things guide thoughts and minds to places where they belong.Kiran Desai's writing of things and space in The Inheritance of Loss brings post-colonial India to life,focusing on the hybrid identity of Indians in the post-colonial era,criticizing the colonial attributes of things,and reflecting on the survival dilemma of humans in the age of things.
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继承失落的人/物书写/施事性/列斐伏尔空间理论/身份困境
Key words
The Inheritance of Loss/writing of things/agency/Lefebvre's spatial theory/identical dilemma
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