Iconoclastic Authorial Stands in Lajja, Shodh and French Lover: Religion through Taslima Nasrin’s Skeptic Lens
- Author M.A.Afzal Farooq
- DOI https://ww
- Country : India
- Subject : English
Keywords : Religion; Culture; Patriarch; Hyper communalism; Fidelity.
Abstract
Taslima Nasrin, the fiery feminist and acknowledged humanist offers iconoclastic views about religion and thus portrays the darker aspects of religious beliefs. A rational and scientific individual to the core, Nasrin proposes and propagates a society without religion so that the world becomes a better place to live in. This research paper considers three of her major novels—Lajja, Shodh and French Lover for critical understanding of Nasrin’s iconoclastic views on religion. Each novel exhibits Nasrin’s conviction of a society free from religion. The paper asserts that Nasrin’s scientific analysis of religion is appreciable; however, her tirade against religions in general often turns out to be an attack on the religious sentiment of people from different belief systems. An attempt has been made in this paper to critically analyse and understand Taslima Nasrin’s iconoclastic authorial stands on religion in the light of her real-life experiences. The research paper being qualitative in nature, employs close textual analysis as the methodology. Taslima Nasrin’s novels are the primary sources while critical texts, journals, magazines and newspapers are secondary sources for this research project.
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