Manuscript Number : GISRRJ19251

Re-exploring Religious Fanaticism and Aestheticism in the Novels of Shauna Singh Baldwin

Authors(1) :-Ms. Meenu Butola

One cannot and should not dismiss the role of religion in the human psyche. A true religion is always aesthetic in its own way as no religion teaches us enmity and superstition rather they preach us of humanity. It is an Irony that most of the fanatics have moulded and misinterpreted the teachings of their holy books for their own convenience and benefit. These two ways of accepting religious ideology result in a different way. One is the way towards violence and blind faith while other is the face of true religion and shows the hidden beauty of it. In her three novels, Shauna Singh Baldwin, depicted the true aestheticism in religion and also mentioned those fundamentalists who are spreading hatred taking the shelter of religion. She explored the complexities of religious understanding within the mankind. The intent of this research paper is to re-explore her novels on the basis of the two religious faces and how it is affecting human mind. It also intends to depict the aestheticism in religious pluralism demonstrated by Baldwin in her fiction.

Authors and Affiliations

Ms. Meenu Butola
Research Scholar, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

Religion, Aestheticism, Fanaticism, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Fiction, Indian English Literature

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 5 | September-October 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-09-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 01-07
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ19251
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Ms. Meenu Butola, "Re-exploring Religious Fanaticism and Aestheticism in the Novels of Shauna Singh Baldwin ", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.01-07, September-October.2019
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ19251

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