HISTORY FROM BELOW: A STUDY OF MICHAEL ONDAATJE’S IN THE SKIN OF A LION

Abstract

Realizing the fact that the stories of the Canadians who are neither English nor French in origin locally called immigrants are shown to be untold in Canadian official record, Michael Ondaatje tries in his novel In the Skin of a Lion to historicize the experience of a group of immigrants who are engaged in building a huge bridge in Toronto. It is an experience of hard work, low-payment, and long working hours. This paper tries to examine the novel from what is known as ‘history from below.’ It is a version of history that seeks to unearth the role and contribution of lower-class people in local and global events. The main objective of this paper is to establish a link between the principles of history from below and the thematic ideas of Ondaatje’s novel.

Authors

Hussein Ali Abbas

Keywords

Canadian, history, immigrants, lower-class, marginalization

Publication Information

Volume

11

Issue

89

Year

2024

Language

Turkish

Status

Published

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DOI

10.17121/ressjournal.3608

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