[This article belongs to Volume - 58, Issue - 01, 2026]
Gongcheng Kexue Yu Jishu/Advanced Engineering Science
Journal ID : AES-24-02-2026-11

Title : RECONSTRUCTING IDENTITY THROUGH NARRATIVE VOICE: LANGUAGE, MEMORY, AND POWER IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE
Dr.B.Sumathi, Dr.T.Vishnupriyan, Dr. Baiju Krishnan

Abstract :

Narrative voice functions as a critical medium through which identity is constructed, negotiated, and reconstructed in contemporary English literature. In contexts shaped by globalization, migration, postcolonial legacies, gender politics, and socio-cultural fragmentation, literary narratives increasingly foreground voice as a site of memory, resistance, and power negotiation. This study examines how contemporary English literature reconstructs identity through linguistic strategies, narrative perspective, and memory articulation. Drawing from postcolonial theory, feminist narratology, and discourse analysis, the paper argues that narrative voice is not merely a stylistic device but a political and epistemological instrument that shapes subjectivity and challenges dominant power structures. By analyzing selected thematic patterns in contemporary texts, the study explores how fragmented narration, multilingual expression, unreliable narrators, and memory-based storytelling contribute to identity formation. The paper concludes that narrative voice serves as a transformative space where marginalized identities reclaim agency and contest hegemonic discourses.