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Abstract: Ethnicity and ethnic relations, especially after the period of Malaysias independence are some of the themes in Malaysian literature in English This study entails a comparative analysis of the themes in two novels by prominent Malaysian writers. The analysis follows the principles of the American School of Comparative Literature and the framework of both post-colonial and Marxist literary theories. Keywords: ethnicity, comparative literature, post-colonial literary theory, Marxist criticism, hegemony, ideology