Author: Ms. A.J. Bernita, Dr. S. J. Kala

Abstract: Diasporic literature has always brought out the pains and tribulations of the diasporans in the settled land. It has grown far and wide in the contemporary era. Such a dynamic field of literary studies not only presents the problems of the diasporans but gives solutions to the same. This research paper is one such attempt to propose the ways in which the diasporans can relieve themselves from the pains experienced in the hostland, as embedded in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s short story “Black- Eyed Women”.

Keywords: Memory, diaspora, first and second generation diasporans, ghosts.

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.46.62