Voice of the Voiceless: A critical analysis of select novels of Mulk Raj Anand and Chinua Achebe

Abstract

Literature has a great responsibility of bringing forth the voices of marganalised and depressed community. It can recognize the truth outside the ability to grasp of presence of mind, learning, human science and culture. It deals with social issues which are a sort of propagation of existing issues. The impact of western culture on India and Africa completely revolutionized the entire outlook of the Indian and African intellectuals. It is a mode of discursive articulation always endeavours to give voice to the marginal. Mulk Raj Anand and Chinua Achebe write mainly for their own nation and for their own community. They are basically nativist writers. They give voice to his country. Through their writings they attempt to arouse for a vision of life, for a duty of reconstructing humanity in India and Africa. This paper attempts to highlight the voice of the voiceless in the select novels of Mulk Raj Anand and Chinua Achebe.