Representations of Dalit Protagonists
Indian English Fiction and Marathi Dalit Literature
This book interrogates canonical Indian English fiction which has Dalit characters as protagonists or major characters, and argues that the representation of such characters, although well-meant, is regulated and made unremarkable. It examines how the normative discourse of the Anglophone novel portrays Dalits from an upper-caste point of view, devoid of Ambedkarite or Dalit consciousness, and thus implicitly reinscribes the upper caste power by restricting the narrative to merely represent Dalit submission and victimhood. The arguments then are substantiated by setting up a comparative framework through contrastive analysis of selected narratives by Dalit writers from Marathi Dalit literature to highlight the differential representational paradigms that mark the absence or presence of Ambedkarite consciousness and perspective.
| Autor: | Lokhande, Hanumant Ajinath |
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| ISBN: | 9783031664434 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 281 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 24.09.2024 |
| Untertitel: | Indian English Fiction and Marathi Dalit Literature |
| Schlagworte: | Arundhati Roy Caste Dalit Indian Literature Manu Joseph Marathi Dalit Literature Mulk Raj Anand Post-Colonial Studies Rohinton Mistry The God of Small Things |
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