Identity Crisis of Dalits in Imayam’s Beasts of Burden and Arumugam

M. Charmaigne Owenita, Dr. V. Francis

Abstract


Dalit Literature is the literature of the oppressed people, telling about their pains, agonies, disappointments, defeats, humiliations, oppressions and depressions. It also represents their vibrant culture, dreams and values. The present paper attempts to examine how Dalits are represented in society and the identity crisis faced by the Dalit people in the Tamil society as reflected in Imayam’s in Beasts of Burden and Arumugam.


Keywords


Dalit, Literature, Imayam, Beasts, Tamil Society.

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Azhagarasan, R., and Ravikumar, editors. The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing. Oxford UP, 2012.

Imayam. Beasts of Burden. Translated by Lakshmi Holmstrom, East West Books, 2001.

---. Arumugam. Translated by Krishna Ayyar, Katha, 2002.

Indumathi, R. “Acquiescence Disability: A Study of Imayam’s Beasts of Burden.” The Vedic Path, Dec., 2012, pp. 131-139.

Prasad, Amar Nath, and M.B. Gaijan, editors. Dalit Literature: A Critical Exploration. Sarup & Sons, 2007.


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