AMITAV GHOSH PERCEPTION ON SUBALTERNITY & HIS SELECTED NOVELS

Sunil Gatadi; Dr. Babina Bohra

Authors

Sunil Gatadi Research Scholar, Department of English, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Sciences, Sehore-MP, India. Author
Dr. Babina Bohra Professor, Department of English, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Sciences, Sehore-MP, India. Author

Keywords:

Amitav Ghosh, Subaltern, Center, Struggle, Voice

Abstract

Amitav Ghosh is widely celebrated in his great novel, in which he expresses concern for the oppressed in Indian society. Amitav Ghosh's sympathetic attitude towards subalternaty is evident in his major novels. The problems of alienation, migration and existential crisis in the lives of underprivileged people are explored through his fiction. The voices of the subalterns, their struggles and their sacrifices, which were overlooked in the history of history, began to make another prominent voice in Amitav Ghosh's fiction. Throughout his writings, he focused on sub-alternates and made them the central character of his fiction so that they could raise their voice against the oppressive forces of their society. did. My purpose in this article is to analyze the novels chosen by Amitav Ghosh and emphasize his view of subalternity.
The novels selected for this work are "Circle of Reasons", "Calcutta Chromosome", "Hungry Tide", "Glass Palace", and "Sea of Poppies".
In these novels, Amitav Ghosh realistically portrays the dire and difficult situation of his men. The evil faces of poverty, homelessness, exploitation and conquest were also revealed in Amitav Ghosh's novel.

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