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Reading Subaltern Histories In Literature With Reference To Selected Works Of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Historiography in India has evolved over the time. A transition from colonial to modern nationalist phase saw the Indian middle class rise through the ranks of historical agency which continues to have a heavy influence even today. But as the post-colonial knowledge production sought new areas of in...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Printed Book |
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS)
2015
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| Linkit: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005508.pdf |
| Yhteenveto: | Historiography in India has evolved over the time. A transition from colonial to modern nationalist phase
saw the Indian middle class rise through the ranks of historical agency which continues to have a heavy influence even
today. But as the post-colonial knowledge production sought new areas of inquiry, a new trend emerged in the form of
Subaltern Studies. Historiography in India has been facing a significant shift in perspectives with the coming of subaltern
scholarship. Subaltern historians propose an approach so as to the hitherto oppressed sections of the society such as
religious and racial minorities, women, transgender etc that were greatly silenced in the process of standardizing history,
be rightly represented and properly acknowledged. Literary works offer an important source to revisit a past of which the
existing knowledge doesn’t fairly represent all equally. In this backdrop, the writings of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
(1908-1994), a prominent Malayalam writer, provide ample source for re-reading the people’s history. The present paper
attempts to read his selected works in a subaltern perspective. It is argued here that Basheer’s characters by virtue of their
subalternity question the standardized history. And also his fictional world of multiple everyday voices brings in an
alternative view of a society. |
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| Ulkoasu: | Volume 2 Issue 4, April 2015 |