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A Study of Self Realization and Repentance in the Novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee

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Upamanyu Chatterjee is one of the finest writers in the realm of English Literature. He has rendered his services as an IAS in Indian Government. He introduces his heroes' mistakes and the consequent process of self realization for self-correction in their portrayal. Upamanyu Chatterjee’s heroes feel trapped in the frustrations, family bonds, physical pleasures and criminal tendencies in their lives and get desperate to move out of these circumstances. He uses highly spiritual concept to highlight this pattern in his novels. This pattern of self realization and repentance is present in all his novels - English, August 1988, The Last Burden 1993, The Mammaries of Welfare State 2000, Weight Loss 2006, Way To Go 2011 and Fairy Tales at Fifty 2014. He explores the different shades of human anguish suffered by his characters for example in his work English August and The Mammaries of Welfare State, he deals with the work frustration, in The Last Burden and Way To Go he talks about frustrations arising out of family bonds. The third novel Weight Loss discusses the problems caused as a result of leading a life of excessive indulgence. In novel “Fairy Tales of Fifty" he also connects the concept of self realization with the Buddhist folklore of Angulimala. The main protagonists of his novels are engrossed in materialistic a life, completely cut off from the moral world. They are so deeply immersed in their selfish motives, which shortly reach a stage from where they cannot see any way out. They commiserate with their circumstances of life and get desperate librated themselves from their painful surroundings. His Heroes continue to go ahead in the journey of their sinful life without receiving any external help of good advice. The upheavals and hardships faced by his heroes’ initiate the process of self-realization which ultimately leads to repentances and self-correction. This realization helps them to arrive at right solution for their problem and brings drastic change in his heroes. Upamanyu Chatterjee discovers own kind of Nirvana for his heroes in his novels which helps to restore their mental peace.

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Folklore, Repentance, Nirvana, Self-realization, Self-correction

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"A Study of Self Realization and Repentance in the Novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.1097-1102, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009445.pdf

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"A Study of Self Realization and Repentance in the Novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp1097-1102, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009445.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR2009445
Registration ID: 313903
Published In: Volume 7 | Issue 8 | Year August-2020
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.27890
Page No: 1097-1102
Country: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India .
Area: Engineering
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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