RT Book, Section
T1 The Battle Between Order and Chaos and Its Reconciliation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland
A1 Jiménez Rodríguez, Esther
K1 Order
K1 Chaos
K1 The Lowland
K1 Lahiri
K1 Water
K1 Land
K1 Ecofeminism
AB Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland explores identity through concepts such as order, duty, freedom and chaos. The inner conflict of the text—order against chaos—is already hinted at in the title. Considering the metaphorical implications of these ideas, water may be associated with chaos and freedom while land suggests duty and order. The two siblings depicted in Lahiri’s story serve as personifications of this: Udayan represents chaos (unfolding freedom and rebelliousness), while Subhash symbolizes order (embodying duty and care). In this sense, Udayan illustrates water and Subhash symbolizes land. The character of Bela, Udayan and Gauri’s daughter, resolves this dichotomy through her ecofeminist perspective that exemplifies ecological care. Bela manages to bridge the gap between the two worlds: science and the natural world, reason and emotion, order and chaos, and, ultimately, land and water.
PB Enredars Publicaciones / UPO
SN 978-84-09-71143-7
YR 2025
FD 2025-07-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24428
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24428
LA en
NO Departamento de Filología y Traducción
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026