Article
Thematic Significance of Caves and River in A Passage to India by Edward Morgan Forster and Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies
(2023)
Abstract
This paper shall discuss the thematic significance of caves from the novel A Passage to India by E.M. Forster and the river from the novel Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih. It will compare the significance of Marabar Caves and Nile River by exploring the similarities and dissimilarities between them. This comparison shall be elaborated further by depicting the relationship of these places as natural sources and their influence on the characters from both the said novels. It will also describe an account revealing their mysterious nature with oodles of unanswered questions. Eventually, it shall conclude by elucidating the symbolic presence of these natural places (caves and river) in the respective novels. Also, how their existence proves helpful in taking the narration forward and how their nonexistence would have affected the theme of these two novels.
Keywords
- season of migration to the north,
- passage to India,
- caves,
- destructive,
- imperial space,
- river,
- subconscious
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer August 24, 2023
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awejtls/vol7no3.7
Citation Information
Manhal Abdulrahman Al Frayh. "Thematic Significance of Caves and River in A Passage to India by Edward Morgan Forster and Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih" AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies Vol. 7 Iss. 3 (2023) p. 99 - 108 ISSN: 2550-1542 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/awejfortranslation-literarystudies/414/