This article reassesses the opposition between fictional and non-fictional writing by addressing Roy’s second novel, The Ministry of. The analysis of the text reveals that Roy’s unapologetic and powerful language allowed her characters to realize their potential and consider themselves a valuable part of Indian society.Īrundhati Roy’s non-fictional writing has been interpreted as the epitome of an emerging “realist impulse” at the heart of postcolonial literature since 2000, and a move away from the reflexive and metaphorical style of her first novel, The God of Small Things. Persuasive Linguistic Devices are identified and used as tools to analyze the linguistic significance of the selected excerpts from the text. It is qualitative research that employs Norman Fair clough’s Three-Dimensional Model along with the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis. trans-genders, Dalits, and Kashmiris in Indian society reject marginalization. Roy uses persuasive language to make the downtrodden sections i.e. Further, it will be seen how the author’s use of particular words challenges and undermines the existing dominant social structures. It aims to analyze the linguistic significance of the selected text and its role in countering the established social discourses. The paper intends to examine the socio-political implications of Arundhati Roy’s discourse in her novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
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