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- Title
Charting the 'Subaltern' Terrain--The Outsider-Insider: Mahashweta Devi's "Pterodactyl" in Perspective.
- Authors
Sahay, Poonam
- Abstract
This research paper seeks to highlight the neglected and 'sidelined' aspects of the tribal lives, their myriad experiences, songs and rituals in Mahashweta Devi's "Pterodactyl". The writer provides a voice to the tribals, their subaltern preoccupations, justifying their collective, militant and violent resistance at times, when they feel their efforts are wasted, bearing no fruit whatsoever. Her message to the society is very clear warning the people to either change their callous attitude or be ready for a full-throated revolt. Thus, Mahashweta Devi devotes herself fully to exposing the various faces of exploiting agencies, raising tribal and non-tribal issues of vital importance. "Pterodactyl" embodies all these beautifully.
- Subjects
PTERODACTYL (Book); DEVI, Mahasweta, 1926-2016; SUBALTERN; THEMES in literature; DALITS in literature; ADIVASIS in literature
- Publication
Writers Editors Critics, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
2231-198X
- Publication type
Article