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Title: | Interpellation of the Individual in Lil Bahadur Chhetri’sBasain |
Authors: | Rai, Sushma |
Keywords: | Neo-Marxism |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Department of English |
Institute Name: | Central Department of English |
Level: | Masters |
Abstract: | This research analyseshow the poor farmer is outcast from the village in Lil Bahadur Chhetri’s famous novelBasain. Dhane, the main character of the novel, suffers a series of problems one after another. His family lives precarious yet contented existence but the acute poverty and hostile social elements destroythe integrity of his family,eventually forcing to move towards unknown horizonMuglan. When he gets exploited,he can not speak for justice before the powerful villagers because heis mentally and physically subordinated and oppressed by their ideology and gets trapped in vicious cycle of poverty engineered by malicious money-lenders.He even can not utter a single word in his favor because of his bad economic condition and can not influence the decision makers. He is subjected to social exploitation and injustice.Had he not got exploited and tortured by them, he couldhave managedmoney for his sister’s marriage and he couldhaveestablishedhis dignity in society. He should not be homeless and landlessand should not have suffered shameful situationbut they render him helpless and his heart wrenching departure from the village. |
URI: | https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/5983 |
Appears in Collections: | English |
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