MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN MORDECAI RICHLER'S THE INCOMPARABLE ATUK

Mordecai Richler, prominent Canadian writer, writes about himself and about his society. The Jewishness,
Canadianness, and secularism are the central issues in his writing. His novels highlight the social importance of immigration
and the ethnic diversity of its native inhabitants. The characters in his novels represent various cultural groups who celebrate the
traditional values. As a writer, he criticizes amoral contemporary society, and wishes to change it to accommodate them
all.Canada includes people from different religious groups like English, French, aboriginals, Muslims and Jews. The need of
religiously diverse people leads to the realization of literature that plays significant role in the development of understanding
across cultures. To aid the understanding of other culture, many researchers emphasize the requirement of intercultural and
multicultural literature.