Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table

Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje's 2011 novel The Cat's Table follows a young boy's voyage from Colombo, Sri Lanka to London, England. Through this character and the unique environment of the ship, which forms a compelling sense of transitory place, Ondaatje explores liminality and its relationship w...

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Main Author: Alaa Alghamdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bath Spa University 2012-11-01
Series:Transnational Literature
Subjects:
transitional identity
immigration
diversity
plurality
pre-adolescent subject
Michael Ondaatje
'The Cat's Table'
Online Access:http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/26427/1/bitstream
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spelling doaj-4528db9c474d4e77a66436f343dc358e2021-02-02T00:45:13ZengBath Spa UniversityTransnational Literature1836-48452012-11-01512328/26427/1Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's TableAlaa AlghamdiMichael Ondaatje's 2011 novel The Cat's Table follows a young boy's voyage from Colombo, Sri Lanka to London, England. Through this character and the unique environment of the ship, which forms a compelling sense of transitory place, Ondaatje explores liminality and its relationship with limitations or barriers. The young protagonist, Michael, and his companions enjoy an unusual level of freedom aboard the contained and hierarchically segmented ship. Polarization and transition between Eastern and Western culture is present but pales in importance compared to the validation of the self that is located within and defined by the sense of the in-between, an essential rite of passage undertaken before re-joining society.http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/26427/1/bitstreamtransitional identityimmigrationdiversitypluralitypre-adolescent subjectMichael Ondaatje'The Cat's Table'
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Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table
Transnational Literature
transitional identity
immigration
diversity
plurality
pre-adolescent subject
Michael Ondaatje
'The Cat's Table'
author_facet Alaa Alghamdi
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title Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table
title_short Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table
title_full Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table
title_fullStr Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table
title_full_unstemmed Navigating Transition: Freedom, Limitation and the Post-colonial Persona in Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table
title_sort navigating transition: freedom, limitation and the post-colonial persona in michael ondaatje's the cat's table
publisher Bath Spa University
series Transnational Literature
issn 1836-4845
publishDate 2012-11-01
description Michael Ondaatje's 2011 novel The Cat's Table follows a young boy's voyage from Colombo, Sri Lanka to London, England. Through this character and the unique environment of the ship, which forms a compelling sense of transitory place, Ondaatje explores liminality and its relationship with limitations or barriers. The young protagonist, Michael, and his companions enjoy an unusual level of freedom aboard the contained and hierarchically segmented ship. Polarization and transition between Eastern and Western culture is present but pales in importance compared to the validation of the self that is located within and defined by the sense of the in-between, an essential rite of passage undertaken before re-joining society.
topic transitional identity
immigration
diversity
plurality
pre-adolescent subject
Michael Ondaatje
'The Cat's Table'
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