• Dr.G.Sadhana

Abstract: If colonial experience has been as major source of creative inspiration for the immigrant writers, an equal contribution of creativity is from their immigrant experience. Canada is essentially a land of immigrants where almost everyone is an immigrant and similarly Trinidad has a mixed population of settlers who include English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Native Africans and Indians. Richler and Naipaul as members of the third generation of immigrants reflected the predicament of immigrants of different races in their novels. Thus their works embody the quest for identity which is the outcome of a sense of homelessness and a feeling of insecurity. The novels taken for discussion are Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Naipaul’s A House for Mr.Biswas.

Index Terms - immigrant writing, identity, quest.

"Quest for Identity in Immigrant Writing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.c449-c452, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109257.pdf

"Quest for Identity in Immigrant Writing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppc449-c452, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109257.pdf