Representation of the Marginalised in Arundhati Roy’s the God of Smallthings
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 4
Abstract
Arundhati Roy emergedconspicuously as a public figure on the larger Indian literary stage and scene like some dramatic unforeseen comet .The novel is built around love and hate ,body and sex, marriage and divorce, conflict and struggle and above all it is about women.The present study deals with plight of gender discrimination in India and how women in general are marginalised , objectified, persecuted and oppressed at the hands of patriarchy.This study examines Roy as a novelist who analyses the most problematic contemporary issues of sex, exploitation,violence, caste politics and power politics.She exhibits how the patriarchal system of marriage unleashes a reign of terror,misery and violence palpable in Pappachi’s wrath thrashing Mammachi with a brass vase . Mammachi,Baby Kochama ,Ammu are oppressed by patriarchy.
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Wiqar Younis Dar
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