Loading...

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shamseer Babu PK AND Abdul Salam C
Format: Printed Book
Published: International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS) 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/005508.pdf
LEADER 01933nam a22001457a 4500
100 |a Shamseer Babu PK AND Abdul Salam C  |9 28694 
245 |a Reading Subaltern Histories In Literature With Reference To Selected Works Of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer 
260 |b International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS)  |c 2015 
300 |b Volume 2 Issue 4, April 2015 
520 |a 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. 
650 |a LITERARY CRITICISM  |9 28695 
856 |u http://10.26.1.76/ks/005508.pdf 
942 |c KS 
999 |c 80756  |d 80756 
952 |0 0  |1 0  |4 0  |7 0  |9 72776  |a MGUL  |b MGUL  |d 2016-03-08  |l 0  |r 2016-03-08  |w 2016-03-08  |y KS