THE TWO SHADES OF VIVACIOUS NATURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND MAHASWETA DEVI’S ARANYER ADHIKAR

Author Name: 1. Parimal Saren, 2. Dr. Naresh Kumar

Volume/Issue: 04/09

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2024-65631946/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Department of English, Gobinda Prasad Mahavidyalaya, India.
2. Head, Department of English & Cultural Studies, Kolhan University, Jharkhand, India.

ABSTRACT

Since the creation of human lives, Mother Nature had been playing an important role. The human psychology and culture both are intensely influenced by her. Especially in some of tribal cultures she is even worshiped since the ancient era. In Postcolonial writings we often come across with the indigenous people and their assimilation with the unpredictable nature. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Achebe represented the vivacious nature what the Europeans called ‘dark’ or ‘darkness’. He established the high cultural value of the Black people while worshiping and interacting with the Dark Nature in solitariness. The entire Igbo community was greatly influenced by Nature. On the other hand Mahasweta Devi depicted the real life of Munda tribes in her novel Aranyer Adhikar. In this novel too, the struggle of this community had been reflected. Nestled amidst the plateau of Chhotonagpur they encountered the colonizers. Their zeal for nativity and fight for forest in order to establish their right made the nature vivacious. The Nature accelerated the Speed of the Arrow and echoed the slogan of ‘Ulgulan’. The protagonist of this novel was a gift of the Nature.

Key words: Psychology, Influenced, Worshiped, Indigenous, Assimilation, Encountered.