A Study of Alienation in Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God

Abstract

            The present study entitled “A study of Alienation in Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God” aims at presenting the alienationof protagonist and her self-realization.Margaret Laurence novels are divided into two phases, The Africa and The Canada. The Canadian novels, named as Manawaka novels.  It consists five novels in which, this study confines a novelA Jest of God, has been taken for analysis and examined. The theme of loneliness, isolation, assimilation, alienation and identity, arethe dominant theme in Margaret Laurence’s Manawaka novels. This study has to be prove that the psychological and emotional journey of the alienated protagonist. They struggle with alienation from her environment and personal loneliness and isolation.They learn to face the misery of life and it’s beauty, they have to use their knowledge to pursuea deep appreciation of life. Finally, Margaret Laurence’s protagonists are achieved a personal and social integration. They emerged as triumphant of their sufferings.