The Mimic Men: An Introduction by Jaydeep Chakrabarty

A Critical Study of the novel The Mimic Men by V S Naipaul with special emphasis on the issues of the exile, autobiography and narrative constructions of national identities. . Do watch the following video along with this • The Mimic Men by V S N...

[@MuhimLaskar]

Thank you for the beautiful explanation 😊

[@nurulaminbarbhuiya8803]

Very much important from NET point of view sir.

[@SubodhMishrasubEE]

I want to thank you for setting the background of the novel. I started reading Naipaul last month. The first book I read was "India: A Wounded Civilization", the second being "A bend in the River" and now as I read "The Mimic Men" I can feel the eternity of Naipaul's exile owing to colonialism. It's actually the story of a larger collective, of peoples and races under the colonial rule.
I am an engineering student but I love literature, mostly literature that I can relate to in certain ways. I have loved the works of Jhumpa Lahiri who to some extent writes about the life of expats. Naipaul is obviously more profound and penetrating.
I will be grateful if you can suggest some more works which talk about exile and a relentless pursuit of identity which often lead us into "trapdoors of a bottomless past".
Thanks again for your amazing introduction to this dark, sad and yet fascinating and captivating novel.

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

I am so happy to get your feedback, especially because you are from Engineering backgroud. I often thought that non literature persons reading serious literature was a thing of the past
..when many doctors and engineers especially in Eastern India read much more than we did. I am happy to be proved wromg. For a more incisive analysis of the Exile's privileges and problems, I would suggest you to read Edward Said, by common agreement the founding father of postcolonial studies. I am sharing a short video I did on his theories of exile. The core essay is given as a link along with the video. Please check when free. czcams.com/video/w_H25LIvEHc/video.html

[@SubodhMishrasubEE]

@@drjaydeepchakrabarty much thanks! Appreciate it :)

[@sayanchatterjee2368]

Thanks for this hugely enriched lecture, sir. Would really like to know more about Fredrick Jameson and Said's theories from you.

[@indrajitshillvlogs5548]

Loved it sir.

[@szonjahorvath4696]

Thank you! I have an exam soon on Postcolonial Literature and this lecture helped a lot in understanding The Mimic Men.

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

I am glad to know, thank you for your kind appreciation.

[@ashimdey7398]

Praise worthy lecture Sir really it benefitted a lot

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

I am glad to hear it. Thank you so much. Are you from the Diphu Campus?

[@ashimdey7398]

sir i am from diphu campus

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

@@ashimdey7398 glad to know. would like to meet you when I visit Diphu. Actually I was the first teacher of the Diphu English Dept. Ritumoni and Amphu---these two students were the first students. In 2007. Taught for two weeks and started the teaching---feel privileged now. my whatsapp no 9954498495

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

The link to Jameson's article : www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/special/newlits/jameson3rdworldlit.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjEm-LQ7OPoAhU58XMBHUUoDAwQFjAEegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw14L2SQxNByHSfP2DE_cqMM

[@Alisha.millet]

Thank You 😊

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

Additional critical Material on "The Mimic Men"
czcams.com/video/w_H25LIvEHc/video.html

[@ManishKumar-qy5jf]

Thank u sir

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

The link to Said's essay "Reflections on Exile " : www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.dartmouth.edu/~germ43/pdfs/said_reflections.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjg7Mzo7ePoAhXCfX0KHfRqCNIQFjABegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw0UAPJqdNI3nEQOT5LkQ_Go

[@padmajananda9435]

Very nice

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

Pleasw watch the following video along with this czcams.com/video/TLeuuSUihlQ/video.html

[@dkjairam8721]

superb explanation sir please make more videos

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

Thanks for the encouragement

[@sianaz.1602]

Thanks sir

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

A slip ..."coming to terms" not "term"

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

czcams.com/video/21AyyAKRHFw/video.html
For an overview of two central texts of Postcolonial Theory which is important for better understanding of all postcolonial texts.