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Representation of Caste Issue in Mainstream Literature and Regional Literature Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) A Peer Reviewed (Refereed) International Journal Vol.5.Issue 4. 2017 Impact Factor 6.8992 (ICI) http://www.rjelal.com; (Oct-Dec) Email:[email protected] ISSN:2395-2636 (P); 2321-3108(O) RESEARCH ARTICLE REPRESENTATION OF CASTE ISSUE IN MAINSTREAM LITERATURE AND REGIONAL LITERATURE P. REVATHI Research Scholar, Assistant Professor, Department of English Vel Tech Technical Univeristy, Avadi, Chennai-62, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT The major focus of this piece of writing is to compare the way of representation of caste as theme for two prominent schools of writing in India; that is Indian Literature in English and Indian Literature in other languages. David Davidar and Omprakash Valmiki’s work are chosen for the article. Among their works The House of Blue Mangoes (2002) and Joothan: A Dalit’s Life (2003) respectively, are chosen, as they deal with caste issues. Both the works are sensitive portrayals of the lives of lower- caste people and their attempts at coming in terms with the reality of their shackled existence. It is not to grade the two schools of writings, but to analyze their differences in the way of illustration of the theme of caste as presented in the mainstream writing and regional writing. In order to understand the trends of Mainstream writing and Regional writing, it is indispensable to have an overview on Indian Literature in English and Indian Literature in English Translation. Keywords: Mainstream Writing, Regional Writing, Indian Literature in English, Indian Literature in English Translation. Introduction Literature along with Indian Regional Literature in In a multi – lingual country like India, Indian order to perceive a broader unified vision of national Literature in English cannot be studied in isolation, literature. as many Indian English writers happen to be G.N. Devy is the first person to classify bilingual and are nourished on native as well foreign Indian literature into two traditions. In his book literary traditions. Hence, there is an urgent need for After Amnesia: Tradition and Change in Indian correlating the Indian Regional Literatures with Literary History suggests how Indian Literature can Indian English Literature to set a broader pattern of be categorized under two different schools. They are thoughts and emotions of Indian people as a whole. Mainstream Literature and Marginal Literature or The scholars of Indian writing in English are also in a Regional Literature. deliberate need to know the cultures and life style In earlier days Britishers found English as of specific region in connection with India as a the bridge to ‘enlighten the natives’ so, English in whole. education acted as means of social climbing. Over In the process of perusing a complete view the years Indian writers used the English language of any literature in connection with its cultural for the purpose of creative expression. Right from specificities, language will not be an obstacle. The Raja Ram Mohan Ray, Mulkraj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Indian critic, therefore, should wake up from his Torru Dutt, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurbindo, complacency and try to interpret Indian English Sarojini Naidu, Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujam, 233 P. REVATHI Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) A Peer Reviewed (Refereed) International Journal Vol.5.Issue 4. 2017 Impact Factor 6.8992 (ICI) http://www.rjelal.com; (Oct-Dec) Email:[email protected] ISSN:2395-2636 (P); 2321-3108(O) Anita Desai, Kushwant Singh, Shobha de, Kamala Need for the Study Das, Shashi Despande etc., are the writers with History informs that many great leaders in distinct quality of Indianess about them. India fought against the caste inequality. Their sole If one closely observes the tradition of object is to remove untouchability and elevate the Indian literature in English one can notice that they oppressed class, but they failed in their endeavor. are divided into three different types of writings. Caste is seen as omnipresent in Indian history and it They are Indian writing in English, Diaspora and is also seen as a threat to Indian modernity. From Writings in other Indian Languages. The first writer the writings of the intellectuals it is encountered tried to represent India and its diverse cultures to that the caste is of the pre-colonoial existence. The the West. They used English language as powerful education and other facilities provided by the weapon to claim universal significance. Writers like Britishers claimed a niche for themselves. Salman Rushdie, Amitav Gosh, Vikram Seth ect are Nevertheless it is doubtful to say that even today in diasporian writiers. These writers were caught up in India that caste is not been wholly eliminated. The two different cultures – the west and their own need of the study is prove how the same caste issue native culture. It became difficult for them to is portrayed in the two different schools. identify themselves with their nation. This resulted The two writings share many social issues in in the emergence of the category of “Diaspora”, a common. One among them is the caste issue. term given to these writers. The works produced by Writers like David adopted the western form of these writers has won them world recognition and writing under the name of modernist and even fetched literary awards. The third writers came experimenter. These writers moves from the along with the old problems of gender, equality, indigenous traditions and problems and get trapped patriacrchy and caste. They began to take daring in the stream of illusion. Since English is the steps by dealing with the sensitive issues like caste international language, writers of mainstream group of their region, which was once considered not to be felt that they could fetch wider recognition. David’s talked in the limelight. novel has also got fame all over the world and read Translation has, to a great extent, retired by the wider audience. In the other hand regional their silenced voices. For instance, the works of writing arose mostly with the special purpose in David Davidar could be easily read with knowledge their vernacular languages. The regional writers are of English. On the other hand, reading a vibrant not vehement in their expressions. They provide the piece of work like Joothan A Dalit’s Life, written in real facts and expect a solution on the issues of what Hindi would not have been possible for any non- they are dealing. Valmiki’s autobiography Joothan: Hindi speaking readers if it had not been translated A Dalits Life helps us to know the tradition, custom, into English. Though translation can never hope to food, clothes and different castes of his state. bridge the gap between two diverse cultures like The caste dealt in mainstream novel is the those of Hindi and English, it has still succeeded in dominant caste which usually the ruling caste of the giving a voice of the sub alterned literary realm of village. Only such kind of dominant caste is regional writing. portrayed by the mainstream writers in their novels. Objectives- The theme of caste is not stressed or given To analyze their differences in the way of importance in David’s novel. Whereas, the caste in representation of the theme of caste as the valmiki’s writing describes the real struggle and presented in the mainstream writing and obstacles. The need of the study is to substantiate regional writing. and justify the contemporary issues of regional To prove that though mainstream writing writer’s problem and raise issues on caste disparities shares the ideology of marginalized issues it and caste exploitation. is only in the regional writing it shares the Expected Outcomes: This article expects into how specific issues, which are silenced for a long the system of any caste operates under a socio- time cultural milieu of the Indian caste system with 234 P. REVATHI Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL) A Peer Reviewed (Refereed) International Journal Vol.5.Issue 4. 2017 Impact Factor 6.8992 (ICI) http://www.rjelal.com; (Oct-Dec) Email:[email protected] ISSN:2395-2636 (P); 2321-3108(O) special reference to the condition of the lower caste poem by a canonical Hindi poet. In his introduction prevailing in Indian society in general. An attempt Valmiki states how the poetry by Sumitranandan to probe into the works of David Davidar and Pant had been taught in school in which the life in Omprakash Valmiki’s autobiography in order to the village is portrayed as wonderful. He views each study their way of representation of caste as one of word of the poem as artificial and a lie. They reveal the themes. Valmiki’s antagonistic relationship to the canon of As a mainstream writer, David Davidar’s Hindi literature. novel proves to be the stuff of potboiler. Davidar’s A vast difference is found in the narrative writing gives pleasure to the readers, highly style of the two novels. The voice of the narrator is coloured story in the best sense and without twists throughout heard in The House of Blue Mangoes. It and turns in narrative pattern and his use of is an imaginative experience of the narrator in the dialogues is skilful. He has known the best way of case of The House of Blue Mangoes. It is linear and telling a good story. He has done with words and the one can easily follow the story without any impact of this is that the characters in the story confusion. In Joothan: A Dalits Life, the narrator is a remains etched in the minds of the readers well live participant. He relives his traumatic experiences after one has turned the last page.
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