NARRATOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ‘INTERPRETER OF MALADIES’ AND ‘UNACCUSTOMED EARTH’ BY JHUMPA LAHIRI

Jhumpa Lahiri, the eminent lexicographer preserves her image as a wonderful story teller. She is a celebrated name in contemporary Indo-American Diasporic Literature. All her four works are awash with immigrant characters and the struggle of their lives. Scholars have shown an intense interest in exploring the linguistic and thematic aspects of her writings. Lahiri has always been critically acclaimed for her art of story-telling, thus a Narratological study of her two story collections ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ and ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ becomes necessary. Narratology discusses the narration of any work in the language of literary terms. Their availbaility attribute compliment to the author’s writing style.