Volume VI Special Issue I January 2026

Name of Author : Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Title of the paper : From Margins to Mainstream: Representations of Social Justice in Postcolonial Literature

Abstract: Postcolonial literature has evolved from the margins to the mainstream of global literary canons, serving as a powerful medium for social justice. This paper examines how postcolonial texts challenge systemic inequalities, including racial oppression, gender disparities, caste hierarchies, and cultural marginalisation, through narrative strategies that amplify subaltern voices. It includes Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart 1958, which critiques colonial disruption of Igbo justice systems Jean Rhyss Wide Sargasso Sea 1966, exploring racial and gendered injustices in the Caribbean Salman Rushdies Midnights Children 1981, satirizing post independence corruption and inequality and Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things 1997, exposing caste and patriarchal violence in India. Drawing on Edward Saids Orientalism and Homi Bhabhas hybridity, the study reveals how these texts transition marginalised experiences to mainstream visibility, fostering empathy and activism. Achebes depiction of colonial fragmentation He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart Things Fall Apart, Chapter 20 illustrates justices erosion under imperialism. This analysis contributes to understanding postcolonial literatures transformative potential, advocating for inclusive justice in a 2025 world grappling with neocolonial inequalities.

Keywords : Postcolonial literature, social justice, marginalization, hybridity, colonial legacies, subaltern voices

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Page Number : 59-64