From Indianness to Humanness: Raja Rao and the Politics of Truth
<p><strong>Abstract</strong> – Raja Rao is not merely a metaphysical writer, as many scholars of the first Commonwealth generation depict him, but rather a much more complex one whose literary dimensions transcend the commonplace essentializing ‘Hinduness’ conveyed by many critics...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Università del Salento
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Lingue e Linguaggi |
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| Online Access: | http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/linguelinguaggi/article/view/14642 |
| Summary: | <p><strong>Abstract</strong> – Raja Rao is not merely a metaphysical writer, as many scholars of the first Commonwealth generation depict him, but rather a much more complex one whose literary dimensions transcend the commonplace essentializing ‘Hinduness’ conveyed by many critics over three decades. I offer instead an amplification of Rao’s idea of India by framing his novels in a cross-cultural space which evolves during the course of his entire oeuvre on both philosophical and political levels. This dynamic ambivalence has its foremost predecessor in Mahatma Gandhi’s politico-spiritual legacy, <em>Satyagraha</em> (‘the force of Truth’) which becomes the centripetal and cohesive force of Raja Rao’s fiction.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2239-0367 2239-0359 |