A critical note on the plot construction in Untouchable.

MEG-07

INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT 2017-2018 (Based on Blocks 1-8) 

Course Code: MEG-07/ 2017-18 Max. Marks: 100

1. Write a critical note on the plot construction in Untouchable 

Plot and Structure  of the Novel: The novel does  not have any story in traditional  sense. This does not mean that the plot of the novel is not coherent. The unit and coherence of plot comes form the fact that the novel aims to expose  the evil of  untouchability in the Hindu  society. In fact  the plot of  the novels is  very compact. Gandhi advised Anand to remove certain passages from the novel, of which he was highly critical of. Anand talk about this in his much celebrated essay On the Genesis of Untouchable. He says: “In retrospect, I feel that, under the tutelage of  the Mahatma, who did not pretend to be an artist, I was able to exorcise all those self-conscious literary elements which I had woven  into the narrative in anticipation of what the critics might  approve.

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