Literature and Nation Building

Article Sidebar

PDF
Published: 2025-12-15
Keywords:
Cultural Change, Catalyst, Identity, Political consciousness

Main Article Content

Parappa Magadum

Abstract

Literature has long served as both a mirror of and a catalyst for social, political, and cultural change. In India, literature has been an essential tool for nation-building, giving a forum for the development of collective identity, cultural continuity, and political consciousness. This study investigates the complex relationship between literature and nation-building in India, focusing on how writers and philosophers have molded the national imagination from antiquity to the postcolonial era. 

Article Details

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 01 (2025): VIKSIT BHARAT@2047

Section

Research Articles
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Author Biography

Parappa Magadum

Assistant Professor. Department of English, Govt First Grade College, Mudhol, Bagalkot. 

How to Cite

Parappa Magadum. (2025). Literature and Nation Building. ಅಕ್ಷರಸೂರ್ಯ (AKSHARASURYA), 11(01), 65 to 69. https://aksharasurya.com/index.php/latest/article/view/1853

References

Anderson, Benedict., (1983), Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Verso.

Bhabha, Homi K., (1990), Nation and Narration. Routledge,

Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra. Anandamath., (1882),

Fanon, Frantz., (1963), The Wretched of the Earth. Grove Press,

Gandhi, M. K., (1909), Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule. Navajivan,

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o., (1986), Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. Heinemann.

Premchand., (1936), Godan. Saraswati Press.

Tagore, Rabindranath., (1917), Nationalism. Macmillan,

Roy, Arundhati., (1997), The God of Small Things. IndiaInk,