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Accepted Paper:
Dominance and counter-narrative as positions in the cultural and literary field
Thomas de Bruijn
Paper short abstract:
This paper will investigate the relative positions of dominance and resistance and will look at the relative position of dominance and resistance against the 'hidden' ideologies that steer the appraisal and acceptance of Hindi writing of the modern period.
Paper long abstract:
Dominance and resistance are not constant position in any society or cultural field. In Indian culture of the period just before and after Independence, several political movements and interests have intervened in the struggle for dominance in society, with the current globalisation and capitalist development of the last decades as a preliminary end result. During this tumultuous century of Indian modernity, the notions of dominance and of resistance have shifted positions quite a few times. The current paper will, on the one hand, analyze the relative location of these two poles, and perhaps also indicate constant factors which determines their coordinates. One can think of their orientation towards either worldly or transcendent values as one of these lines of force. Westernized vs authentic is another interesting opposition in this respect which has changed from being dominant to resisting, and back to dominant again. On the other hand, this paper will pursue an empirical path and look at texts which define significant markers of dominance or resistance in a given period. It will quote from the modernist period (Manto vs Premcand) and more recent writing.
Narrative and counter narrative in contemporary South Asian literature and film
Session 1