Dalit Literature And Criticism By Raj Kumar Pdf

Dalit Literature and Criticism

Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature

"This book, the first critical work by an eminent Dalit writer to appear in English, is a provocative and thoughtful account of the debates among Dalit writers on how Dalit literature should be read. This book includes an extensive interview with the author, an exhaustive bibliography, and a critical commentary by the translator. Originally published in Marathi, this is the first English translation of the book."--Provided by publisher.

Dalit Autobiography: A Critical Study

Dalit Autobiography is a distinctive literary form in the sense that it shifts from personal ‘I’ to communal ‘we’. This shifting from individual to communal differentiates such autobiographies from mainstream autobiographies where the autobiography mainly centers round personal experiences of the autobiographer concerned. On the other hand, Dalit Autobiographies deal not only with the individual writer but also with the community he or she belongs to. Transformation of individualistic ‘I’ into communal ‘we’ makes such autobiographies completely distinctive literary form. Such autobiography reflects not only Dalit life and suffering but also their voice of protest and resistance. In this sense, Dalit autobiographers are activists and writers as well. Among Dalit autobiographers, irrespective of gender, there are innumerable autobiographies written by male and female Dalit writers. The present book is my little endeavour to articulate the voice of Dalit autobiographers which is often neglected by the mainstream socio-cultural life.