Abstract

Literary texts offer an alternative spatial experience to the reader with the atmospheres they construct. The God of Small Things (novel) casts the reader into a dynamic space with its (spatial and corporeal) depictions and fiction. It allows us to read architecture through the atmosphere that diffuses in a non-directional attitude. This diffusion breathes life into space and makes it an organism. What sets the boundaries of the atmosphere is the comprehensibility of experienced feelings. When entering a room, a specific atmosphere is felt. However, it is difficult to determine where precisely it is. Atmospheres diffuse in the space like a haze, clouds of a certain tone of feeling. Similarly, the smell is also not positioned in space in a way that allows us to determine where it is. Smell plays a crucial role in the tone of feeling in the space. In addition, alternative spatialities, architectural components, and others provide potential discussions regarding architectural atmospheres. However, the scope of the study is limited to space as an organism and the affective side of smell. The study aims to examine the spaces in The God of Small Things through their atmospheres. Arundhati Roy demonstrates the importance of the space as an organism in the atmosphere and the smells with diffusive character. In her novel, she constantly reconstructs the atmosphere suspended between the subject and the object through the inspiration of architecture.