A Study on Arundhati Roy’S Novel ‘The God of Small Things’

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Authors

  • Shakti Vashisht Swami Vivekananda University

Keywords:

Arundhati Roy, novel, The God of Small Things, politics, Communist establishment, family saga, religious overtones, protest novel, subversive, taboo-breaking

Abstract

Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things is apolysemic novel which can be interpreted at several levels. It may be said thatthe novel is a satire on politics attacking specifically the Communistestablishment. It may be treated as a family saga narrating the story of fourgenerations of a Christian family. It may also be treated as a novel havingreligious overtones: One may also call it a protest novel which is subversiveand taboo-breaking.

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Published

2014-04-01

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[1]
“A Study on Arundhati Roy’S Novel ‘The God of Small Things’: -”, JASRAE, vol. 7, no. 14, pp. 0–0, Apr. 2014, Accessed: Aug. 03, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5248

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 14 (2014): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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Articles

How to Cite

[1]
“A Study on Arundhati Roy’S Novel ‘The God of Small Things’: -”, JASRAE, vol. 7, no. 14, pp. 0–0, Apr. 2014, Accessed: Aug. 03, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5248