Open AccessContesting Captive Spaces: A Reading of Emma Donoghue’s Room
Author(s) -
Sudhir Kumar Das,
Rajni Singh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of english language and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2368-2132
DOI - 10.17722/jell.v9i2.354
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , reading (process) , everyday life , dimension (graph theory) , sociology , aesthetics , social life , living space , epistemology , gender studies , art , social science , philosophy , political science , law , pure mathematics , mathematics , linguistics , residence , demography
Experiencing space in its entire manifold is extremely indispensable to human existence. Our everyday life, social and personal relations and idea of the self are somehow defined by space. However, owing to its ambiguous nature space might not always add a smooth dimension to one’s life. Analysing the mesh of complexity and anxietylying underneath the common understanding of space, an attempt is made in this paper to study Emma Donoghue’s Room.Through an examination of its central characters, Ma and Jack, the essay seeks to highlight the trauma borne out of changing spaces.