• Christhuraj I.

Literature is a medicine to cure the diseases like alienation, loneliness, racial discrimination, gender biases, etc. Literature project society what actually they are. The portrayal of society is different from one another. The projections of characters from literary pieces are evidence of the pathetic condition of reality. Mervyn Morris is a Caribbean writer from Jamaica. He wrote six volumes of poetry, “Judas” is one among them which expresses the progressive conviction of Morris. This poem is narrated from Judas perspective. The basic principles of postcolonial study are inherent in this poem. Postcolonial study discusses principles like identity, nationality, ethnicity, gender, subjectivity, language and power in this new critical enterprise. It also concentrates on metaphysical, ethical, political and ideological issues. This paper is critically looks at the conviction of Mervyn Morris through the character of Judas in the “Judas”.

Master and disciple, Cunningness, Victim, Partiality

"A Postcolonial Reading of Mervyn Morri’s Judas", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.17-19, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAF06005.pdf

"A Postcolonial Reading of Mervyn Morri’s Judas", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp17-19, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAF06005.pdf