Arundhati Roys Fictional World : A Collection of Critical Essays
Contents: Preface. 1. Reversing the gear: a critique of Arundhati Roy\'s the God of small things (1997)/A.N. Dwivedi. 2. Communism in the eyes of Arundhati Roy/B.D. Sharma. 3. The God of small things: behind the Veneer of popularity--the ephemeral and eternal/J.P. Tripathi. 4. The small God made big: Arundhati Roy\'s the God of small things/K.M. Pandey. 5. Arundhati Roy\'s the God of small things: a study of theme, language and sytel/Mallikarjun Patil. 6. Locusts stand I: some feminine aspects of the God of small things/Mohit K. Roy. 7. Language and human psyche: an analysis of the God of small things//O.P. Budholia. 8. Arundhati Roy: in the light of linguistics and literary criticism/Rama Kundu. 9. The God of small things: a tale of Mombattis\' brave struggle/Ranjana Harish. 10. The big and the small things: an interpretation of the God of small things/Sheobhushan Shukla. 11. The magic wand of Arundhati Roy: the strategy of words in the God of small things/Asha Choubey. 12. Setting the scale straight: socio-political concerns in Arundhati Roy\'s fiction/A.N. Dwivedi. Index.
"Arundhati Roy created ripples on the surface of Indian English fictions with her navel The God of Small Things (1997). This novel was a forceful plea for the upliftment of the downtrodden and the have notes in Indian society. The untouchables and the women are the focal points here, and they are the two sections of our society who have suffered worst though the ages.
Arundhati Roy\'s Fictional World contains a collection of twelve critical essays contributed by some eminent scholars perspective or an angle of approach of their respective authors and have a bearing on The God of Small things and present a composite picture of its creator, highlighting both her merits and weaknesses. The book acquaints us with Arundhati Roy\'s remarkable power of communication, her dynamic dexterity in coining fresh words and phrases, and her unmistable sense of music and harmony. She is unquestionable \'modernist\' in her approach and style." (jacket)
