Cultural Change in Indian English Literary Works

Abstract

The paper will analyze the deep cultural transformations that have been recorded in the Indian English literature that follow its evolution since the times it was used as a tool of the British colonial rule until it became a significant and native tool of culture. Through thematic changes between postcolonial and modern narratives, this study proves that Indian writers use the English language as cultural seismograph to document the current social transformation in the nation. The article explores the longstanding ideological struggle between traditional addressing orthodox ideals and the creeping modernity of the West, and the consequent collapse of the patriarchal joint family unit and the consequent rise of the individual and female agency in the city. Moreover, it discusses the emotional burden of globalization, transnational movement, and the experience of the diaspora by how modern heroes are struggling to find their identities by being culturally hybridized. A mixture of linguistic appropriation, the changing caste relationships and the psychological seclusion of the contemporary citizen shows that Indian English literature is a continuous cultural dialogue, and this paper will explain it. After all, in these literary works one can see that modern Indian identity is not a fixed monolith, but an ever shifting, hybridized entity created in the area of historical memory and globalized capitalism.