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- Title
The Vibrant Voices of Contemporary Dalit Poets in Telugu.
- Authors
Bharathi, Thummapudi
- Abstract
The struggle of Dalits against casteist tradition has a long history. The primary motive of Dalit literature is the protest and liberation of Dalits. In modern India, Dalit literature got impetus in Maharastra due to the legacy of Jothirao Phule and Dr. B R Ambedkar. Dr. Ambedkar, who entered the Indian political arena with a modernist thinking to the outmoded Indian social structure, is the inspiration for Telugu Dalit writers. During the 1970s, a majority of Telugu Dalit poets, artists and intellectuals used Naxalism as the weapon to destroy castocracy. Unfortunately, their dream of revolution has not become successful and castocracy forced them to come out of People's War Group. The atrocities on Dalits during the 1980s gave birth to many powerful Dalit writers. Undoubtedly, the subalterns are determined to create a new history. Reconstruction is possible only with deconstruction. Hence, they not only question and protest but also work to achieve power, as power is necessary for re/new construction. In this process, New Historicism comes to the help of Dalit writers. It is an established fact that the most significant contemporary Telugu poetry is written by Dalit poets. Contemporary Dalit literature has authentically acquired its right place in Telugu literature.
- Subjects
INDIA; DALITS in literature; ETHNOLOGY; AMBEDKAR, B. R., 1891-1956; ABUSE of Dalits; TELUGU poets; POLITICS &; literature; SUBALTERN
- Publication
IUP Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 2009, Vol 1, Issue 2, p52
- ISSN
0974-8822
- Publication type
Literary Criticism