Bakha's Identity Dilemma in Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable: An Exploration of Dalit Psychology.
The Indian English-language writer Mulk Raj Anand depicts psychological crises of the subaltern through the character of Bakha in his masterpiece, Untouchable (1935). He attempts to portray the psychological vulnerability of the outcastes of society through the depiction of the Dalit community. This...
| Publicado en: | Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language & Literature Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 150 - 165 |
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