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Volume : II, Issue : IX, October - 2012 The Graphic Novel, Narrative Of Conflict And Marginalisation : Reading Parismita Singh's Hotel At The End Of The World Sonali Rajkhowa Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The contemporary graphic novel has nearly assumed the proportions of a
movement. This paper seeks to analyse the graphic mode as a politically sharper and
formally more effective mode over traditional approaches to story- telling. In India
contemporary versions of the graphic novel address issues such as culture, history,
mythology, conflict to name a few. In Parismita Singh's The Hotel at the End of the World
fantasy blends with social reality. Conflict exists at various levels: external conflict,
internal conflict and the metaphorical conflict between the mainland and the periphery.
Infact, the very title The Hotel at the End of the World is evocative of being relegated to
the periphery. The metaphor of the peripheral forms the backdrop of all the tales. The
graphic form here succeeds in projecting the sense of alienation much more effectively
than traditional forms of narrative. The stark and simple panels, devoid of ostentation,
are evocative of the frugal lifestyle of the characters and emphatically announce tropes
of underdevelopment and the marginal. Also the local and the immediate is often
subsumed by the universal human pre-occupation. The graphic form incorporates the
experience of war and conflict in a way that is alien to traditional narrative forms. My
paper will attempt to establish the graphic as a narrative form that addresses the issues
and implications of conflict and explores the history of marginalisation in which the
region is steeped. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Sonali Rajkhowa, (2012). The Graphic Novel, Narrative Of Conflict And Marginalisation : Reading Parismita Singh's Hotel At The End Of The World. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IX, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1465.pdf References : - Arni, Samhita. Sita's Ramayana. Illus. Moyna Chitrakar. Tara Books, India, 2011. Print.
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