Ramhit Chaupa

Socio-cultural and Psychological Aspects of Violence in Godan: A Study of Caste, Class and Gender

This paper explores the socio-cultural and psychological aspects of violence in Munshi Premchand’s seminal novel Godan (1936). It argues that violence in the text is not merely physical coercion but a pervasive structural phenomenon inscribed in the intersecting hierarchies of caste, class and gender. The analysis, usi...