History Alterity and Normativity in the Fictional World of Rohinton Mistry

Abstract

The research titled and#8213;History, Alterity and Normativity in the Fictional World of newlineRohinton Mistryand#8214; analyses the interconnection of history, alterity and normativity in newlinethe narratives of Rohinton Mistry. newlineRohinton Mistry is a prolific contemporary writer. He occupies an important position newlineas an Indian Parsi writer. He is one of those present-day writers who have written newlinecritically about India, Indian political situations, history, minority conditions, ethnic newlineidentities, culture, tradition and question of Parsi identity. Rohinton Mistry is highly newlinesceptical and critical of the role of dominant communities that oppress and subjugated newlinethe minorities for their selfish reasons. newlineHistory is the chronological recording of events. Rationally speaking it is understood newlineas recording the events that have occurred in the glorious past, it is retelling the newlinenarrative through the eyes of a historian who sees it sometimes objectively and most newlineof the time is influenced by his political bend and ideological preferences. Rohinton newlineMistry views history from a critical perspective and gives a post-truth rendering of the newlineevents through his works. newlineAlterity is the state of being different. It is the notion of and#8215;othering ; It is the idea of newlinebeing cast away, of being pushed to the fringes of society. Because of you belonging newlineto a class, sex, caste, and ethnic identity which the society refuses to recognise as newlinebelonging to the mainstream. Rohinton Mistry through his works reflects on the newlineconcept of alterity in terms of gender, caste, race and ethnicity. newlineNormativity is the norms that are conditioned in society. Normativity focuses on newlinerelationships that are changing, reworked and transgressed within the cultural newlineiv newlinenormative definition. The normativity of culture and tradition is all about the things newlinethat are right and wrong in the society and how it is accepted and evaluated by the newlinesociety as well. Normativity is a socio-cultural milieu that contributes