Landscape as a Tool for Nation-Building: A Study of Sonia Mehta’s Discover India Series for Children

Authors

  • Kanu Priya Ph.D Research Scholar Department of English Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi (India).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59136/lv.2024.2.1.19

Keywords:

landscape, children’s literature, Indian English, picturesque, nation-building

Abstract

In this paper, I argue that ‘landscape’ has been used as a ‘tool’ in Indian English post-colonial children’s literature for the task of nation-building. To validate my argument, I have taken up Sonia Mehta’s Discover India series as my primary text to study the representation of the Indian landscape for children through the aesthetic of ‘picturesque;’ namely enumerative, engineered and antiquarian. It has also been argued that such a ‘picturesque’ representation of the Indian landscape helps in shaping, moulding and creating responsible, curious and knowledgeable young citizens which further accelerates the nation-building process; where the term ‘nation-building’ pertains to the post-colonial project of building the nation by creating a sense of shared identity through art, literature, science and narratives of history.

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Published

2024-05-04

How to Cite

Landscape as a Tool for Nation-Building: A Study of Sonia Mehta’s Discover India Series for Children. (2024). Literary Voice, 160-168. https://doi.org/10.59136/lv.2024.2.1.19

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