The debut novel of Arundhati Roy offers bountiful insight into the real India through connecting dots of memory.Opposed to the mas-ter-narrative in British canonical literary works,a minor-narrative is adopted in this...The debut novel of Arundhati Roy offers bountiful insight into the real India through connecting dots of memory.Opposed to the mas-ter-narrative in British canonical literary works,a minor-narrative is adopted in this novel,casting realistic light on the postcolonial India.This paper probes into the minor-narrative of transgression in three aspects:language,philosophy and ethnicity.The use of in-digenous language such as Malayalam,the striking contrast between Christian God and the God of small things,and the love affair between different castes transgress the social norms,reflecting Arundhati Roy's wish for a more justified and equal society in India.展开更多
文摘The debut novel of Arundhati Roy offers bountiful insight into the real India through connecting dots of memory.Opposed to the mas-ter-narrative in British canonical literary works,a minor-narrative is adopted in this novel,casting realistic light on the postcolonial India.This paper probes into the minor-narrative of transgression in three aspects:language,philosophy and ethnicity.The use of in-digenous language such as Malayalam,the striking contrast between Christian God and the God of small things,and the love affair between different castes transgress the social norms,reflecting Arundhati Roy's wish for a more justified and equal society in India.
