A Study on Selected Indian Fiction and Discourse of Resistance

Divya

A Study on Selected Indian Fiction and Discourse of Resistance

Exploring Themes of Resistance in Indian Fiction

by Divya*,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 5, Issue No. 10, Apr 2013, Pages 0 - 0 (0)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals

ABSTRACT

This research project aims to study the discourse ofresistance in selected Indian fiction. The focus is specifically on resistancearticulated in terms of caste, class, gender and postcoloniality. The fictionselected for the purpose includes Laxman Gaikwad’s The Branded (Marathi,1987), Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things (English, 1997), AmitavGhosh’s The Hungry Tide (English, 2004), P.

KEYWORD

selected Indian fiction, discourse of resistance, caste, class, gender, postcoloniality, Laxman Gaikwad, The Branded, Marathi, Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, English, Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide, P