The Idea of Deterritorialization as a Mode of Liberation
Author : Indrajit
Abstract :
The following paper has as its central focus an analysis of the modes of liberation and deterritorialization that can be identified in novels of Milan Kundera. The idea of liberation is represented in multiple ways within literature and critical theory. The paper aims to investigate the way the desire for liberation in life also leads to a sense of alienation generating a whole gamut of tensions and consequent responses. The representations of such freedoms are varied and become a matter of exchange between nations with territorial ambitions and individuals who have the choice to either succumb to these territorial ambitions or to resist. The idea of such a resistance is itself elusive – as at times, it could be a state of mind where literature responds to the coercive politics of the state. The paper discusses critical theory in respect to Milan Kundera. Milan Kundera as a novelist evokes questions seamlessly connected to political and literary theories. The paper shall be based on a close reading of the selected texts, which shall be the basis of identifying and defining the various kinds of alienations that are apparent in the concerned works. This would also involve a comparative approach that is both intertextual and theoretical given today’s zeitgeist.
Keywords :
Liberation, elusive, territory
