Homophobia, Rejection and Mental Problems: A Critical Stylistic Study of Marriage of a Thousand Lies

Abstract

This study’s main focus is to draw attention to difficulties and challenges faced by LGBT individuals. In this study, the researcher examines the author’s discursive construction of queer issues and themes in S J Sindu’s novel Marriage of a Thousand Lies. The author portrays of queer issues and themes in the novel are incredible.  In order to examine the discursive construction of queer issues, the chosen novel presents a distinctive opportunity to examine and investigate the discursive construction of queer issues such as Homophobia, parental and societal rejection, mental health issues, and intersectionality of Queer Issues in a particular literary work. The researcher prime objective is to examine the novelist’s use of language and other literary techniques to represent queer issues and themes in Marriage of a Thousand Lies. Queer theory provides the theoretical basis for this study. In order to understand the deeper meaning of purposely chosen text and the cultural and social contexts in which it is situated, the researcher employs Critical Stylistics, Lesley Jeffries’ ten tools, as a method of data analysis. This study uses a qualitative approach to analyze the chosen texts in light of the study's research objectives. Both primary and secondary sources provided data for this study.