Portrayal of War Politics in History: The New Historicist Interventions in Paulo Coelho’s The Spy

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Mrs.V.Jesinthal Mary , Dr.P.Premalatha , Dr.R.Jeya Sundara Raj

Key Words: History, War Politics, Victimization, Spy, Myth, Fantasy.

Portrayal of War Politics in History: The New Historicist Interventions in Paulo Coelho’s The Spy Paulo Coelho is a renowned Brazilian Writer whose novels illustrate the meaning of life in terms of his view point based on his life experiences. He has a number of books to his credit and his novel The Spy is published in 2016.It has been translated from the Portuguese by Zoe Perry. It deals with the encounter of the historical figure Margaretha Gertrude Zelle, who is famously known as Mata Hari.The incident takes place during the World War I. The epilogue of the book contains the report published in the newspaper on October 15, 1917 about her encounter. It clearly states that she has been executed on the charge of espionage. In this novel, Coelho has used the history of an erotic dancer called Mata Hari as a background. He has presented it wrapped in the colourful cover of myth and fantasy. He has used imaginary and most probable conversations. The beginning of the story contains the ‘Prologue’ where the morning of the encounter is retold with a very detailed appearance of Mata Hari, her physical appearance, her mental stability, her death sentence. In the ‘middle’ the narrator, Mata Hari, in the first person gives a minute description of her adventurous life, her experiencing life, her understanding of human dignity. The Spy explores the war politics which takes place during the World War I in which an innocent woman is victimized as a spy. Coelho delves deep into the war politics between France and Germany. Key Words: History, War Politics, Victimization, Spy, Myth, Fantasy.

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Mrs.V.Jesinthal Mary, Dr.P.Premalatha, & Dr.R.Jeya Sundara Raj (August-2023). Portrayal of War Politics in History: The New Historicist Interventions in Paulo Coelho’s The Spy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(8), a320-a324. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2308037.pdf

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