On Differences – Aspects of Pluralism in Contemporary Literature

Abstract

This paper presents three instances of literary representation of identity, in the age of globalization and cultural hybridity. Namely, two examples from Hispanic-American literature, Gloria Anzaldua and Nicholasa Mohr, address the issues of belonging to a community and expressing certain ethnic and psychological particularities. The other example is Zadie Smith, a postcolonial writer who expresses the construction of multiculturalism. Their characters demonstrate the problems of living in a postmodern world. They collide with each other in the pursuit of meaning and truth.