URVASHI O JOHNNY BY MAHASWETA DEVI IS AN EPITOME OF URBAN SUFFERING

Khaja Shahini Begum; Dr.Bathina Rajesh Kumar

URVASHI O JOHNNY BY MAHASWETA DEVI IS AN EPITOME OF URBAN SUFFERING

Authors: Khaja Shahini Begum, Dr.Bathina Rajesh Kumar

Unique Paper ID: 171290
Volume: 11
Issue: 7
PageNo: 3829-3835

Keywords: Oppression Despair Suffering Marginalized Classes Subalternity etc.

Abstract:
Mahasweta Devi in her plays constructs a complex network of marginality, to get at the root of the exploitation and suffering in the society. She dramatises the situations of the exploitation and suffering in the society through the character of Johnny in Urvashi O Johnny. The age-old existence of oppression, despair, and suffering is common in the lives of the marginalized classes across countries and continents. Literature of the marginalised or subalternity is a major area of the contemporary postcolonial modern studies which is very relevant to the study of Comparative Literature. It is quite interesting to notice that there is a considerable number of writers in Postcolonial literature who have made a commendable contribution to the expansion and blossoming of Postcolonial literature. These writers have taken-up and handled the issues related to the present and how they are connected to the past. The appreciable feature common to these writers is that the issues dealt with by these writers are very much connected to the heart of the common man. The subject matter of the Postcolonial writers is regarded as a hot commodity of the present literary scenario. The elements of marginalisation, exploitation and other elements related to social inequality are placed in the structure of Postcolonial writings. Social disparity and discrimination prevail in the form of hierarchy where one occupies the dominant position and other is condemned to the lowest subaltern level.

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ISSN: 2349-6002
Volume: 11
Issue: 7
PageNo: 3829-3835

URVASHI O JOHNNY BY MAHASWETA DEVI IS AN EPITOME OF URBAN SUFFERING

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