DISCOVERING NOVELTY AND RESILIENCE OF THE TRAVELLER ACROSS BOUNDARIES IN EMILY BARR’S THE GIRL WHO CAME OUT OF THE WOODS

Abstract

Novelty and resilience in travel across boundaries are interconnected concepts that play a significant role in enhancing the adaptability in new travel space. The combination of novelty and resilience incorporates the personal growth and learning of the individual. It rapidly adapts the cognitive flexibility in new ways of locomotion throughout the social evolution. The diversity of experiences from one’s norm may provoke responses constructing novelty and resilience as powerful tools for the psychological development of traveller. The paper emphasizes on discovering the novelty and resilience of the traveller with a quest to witness the outside world from a small settlement in the forests of South India. Emily Barr’s novel The Girl Who Came Out of The Woods also focuses on the individual’s personal need to seek help and uncover outrageous truths about her past is the core purpose of the travel across borders. The process is more than the physical exploration involving emotional and psychological discovery. The concept of travel with complexities and survival threat forced the individual to confront the harsh realities of life, generating profound appreciation for the simplicity of her own community.