
Representations of Dalit Protagonists
Indian English Fiction and Marathi Dalit Literature
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Representations of Dalit Protagonists
Indian English Fiction and Marathi Dalit Literature
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Part I. ENTERING THE CASTEĀ
- Part II. ACCENTUATING CASTE PREJUDICES: PROGRESSIVE DISCOURSEĀ
- Part III. ACCENTUATING CASTE PREJUDICES: PEJORATIVE DISCOURSEĀ
- Part IV. COMPARING REPRESENTATIONAL PARADIGMSĀ Ā
- Back Matter