“Dehumanization and the Document of Marginalized Life: Satinath Bhaduri’s Dhorai Charit Manas”

Abstract

The marginalised human being is a significant subject in literature. The sorrows, poverty, and resistance of the oppressed and exploited classes of society have profoundly influenced literature. The conflict between the powerful and the deprived or marginalised classes has drawn the creative attention of writers. From the nineteenth century to the progressive literary movement of the twentieth century, the depiction of this struggle has been reflected across various branches of literature—poetry, novels, drama, and short stories. Bengali literature too contains a notable representation of marginal life. Particularly in twentieth-century literature, alongside the realistic portrayal of the lives of peasants, workers, and the marginalised, their struggle for rights and justice is vividly seen. In Satinath Bhaduri’s novel Dhorai Charit Manas, the marginalised people emerge as the central characters.