Grotesque Sexual Humour in Upamanyu Chatterjee’s Weight Loss
Mandeep Kaur1, Charan Singh2
1Mandeep Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab), India.
2Charan Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab), India.
Manuscript received on 04 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 16 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 23 May 2019 | PP: 499-503 | Volume-7 Issue-6S5 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F10870476S519/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Sexual Relationship was considered as a vital aspect of Indian Society. In modern times the word ‘sex’ produces very outlandish, sturdy and bitter reactions among Indian people and they are not able to converse it and most even refute it. Due to the lack of adequate education and formal and informal training in this crucial field, sex is conditioned and controlled. Sex is deemed as a veiled, occult phenomenon, something to be embarrassed about. Sex is considered as sin, crime and never to be talked about in public. In India people try to conceal the apparent and the innate aspect of sex and there is scarcely a place where a young person can go to consult. There is a hidden fear in the minds of the Indians as far as their attitude towards sex is considered, and this fear of sex goes to hysterical and creepy levels. This actually causesa lot of anguish, ignorance and social turmoils in subtle ways. Sexuality, thus, remains a taboo and discussing it is detrimental and unholy. The Indian society had been rigid and more orthodox in sexual relationships during earlier times. But, in the present times the Indian society has become free and frank about sexual relationships. People have started to talk and discuss sex openly and many writers opt the sexual theme for their works. There is a shift from sex as something hidden to sex as something inseparable healthier. The modern people of India have been attempting to redefine the sexual vocabulary on their own. Sex has become ordinary and acceptable for modern generations of India. Majority of Indian English writers discuss sex in their works and, Upamanyu Chatterjee is no exception. Chatterjee has used sex in his novels in abundance. This paper makes an attempt to study the grotesque sexual humour prevalent in the pages of Weight Lossby Upamanyu Chatterjee.
Keywords: Humour, Sexual, Taboo, Spiritual, Grotesque.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences