LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:5 May 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Agha Shahid Ali:
A Quasi-subaltern Voice from the Margins of the Wounded Valley

Ashaq Parray, M.Phil. English, NET
Javeria Khurshid, M.A., NET

Abstract

Resistance literature has emerged as a sublime counter-discourse against the mainstream literature, especially from the conflict zones of the world. This literature celebrates mini-narratives, employs innovative narrative styles, hybrid identities and bizarre themes, etc. Kashmir, the paradise on earth, too has produced some prominent voices in Resistance literature. However, the hostile atmosphere in the Valley has almost dangerously subalternised the true voices of Kashmir. Agha Shahid Ali has ventriloquised the voice of the margins, but still how far it can be the true voice of the subaltern people will be the focus of discussion in this paper.

Key Words: Resistance literature; subaltern discourse; quasi-subaltern; territorial desire and conflict zone, etc.

Introduction

Resistance literature recently has emerged as a new variety of English literature. It is especially gaining currency, owing to the various types of military aggressions, outbreak of militancy and other types of political turmoil. It is closely interlinked with the Subaltern discourse. The Subaltern discourse, too, of late has been a hot debate. Generally believed, it simply argues that the oppressed people can't speak. If however they speak, they do that through their bodies. They can't represent themselves. They have to be represented but not romanticised. The humane discourse has been made gender specific. It has, however, the potential to serve the cause of oppressed people irrespective of gender, class and race.

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Ashaq Parray, M.Phil. English, NET
Javeria Khurshid, M.A., NET
Assistant Professors at IUST
Awantipora
J&K
India
Ashaq533@gmail.com
Javeria_khurshid@rediffmail.com
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