Distortion of Nepalese Culture and Social Norms in Upadhyay’s Buddha’s Orphans

Authors

  • Ramesh Prasad Adhikary Tribhuwan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/abcjar.v9i2.504

Keywords:

orientalism, stereotype, culture, social norms

Abstract

This research article is mainly focused on how Samrat Upadhyay has distorted Nepalese Culture and social norms in is novel Buddha’s Orphans. Nepalese culture and society are represented in a biased way from the western perspective. By using oriental stereotypes, the author has represented Nepal and the religious belief of Nepalese people in the wrong way. The characters of this novel like Bokey Ba, Kaki, Raja, Jamuna, and Ganga Da are presented as irrational and badly conservative people who believe in witch doctors, not in the medical doctors. They are presented as impulsive and eccentric. The setting of this novel is represented as exotic, inscrutable, and mysterious. Kathmandu valley and Nepalese people didn’t well describe as the real Kathmandu.  As a qualitative research, the researcher has taken the novel as a primary text and the concepts from orientalism, and the Foucauldian notion of representation is used as a tool to interpret the text. The researcher concluded that the novel is the misrepresentation of Nepalese culture and society. 

 

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Author Biography

  • Ramesh Prasad Adhikary, Tribhuwan University

    Dr. Ramesh Prasad Adhikary is an assistant professor of Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has been teaching English literature at M.M. Campus since 2007. He has completed his Ph.D. in Existential philosophy and has been doing his research on English language, literature, and literary theories. He has created more than 40 international articles and 18 books on various topics of English literature.

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Published

2020-07-10

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2020): July - December

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Adhikary, R. P. . (2020). Distortion of Nepalese Culture and Social Norms in Upadhyay’s Buddha’s Orphans. ABC Journal of Advanced Research, 9(2), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.18034/abcjar.v9i2.504