The Self-made Victim in the Crosshairs of East-West Confrontation: Ravi’s Odyssey in O V Vijayan’s The Legends of Khasak

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI:10.21659/rupkatha.v15n5.05

Jerome Vadackel

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Abstract

A pathbreaking novel in Malayalam literature, Khasakkinte Ithihasam (Legend of Khasak), was written by O V Vijayan and published in 1969. It is a novel that weaves together the existential journey of the protagonist, Ravi, with the religion, characters and culture of the fictional village Khasak. The paper is written to place in relief Ravi’s inability to complete his education and analyse it in the background of the contrast Vijayan brings between Eastern and Western modes of thinking. The subsequent struggles he encounters in the single-teacher school in Khasak are read as being born of a more acute subliminal struggle. Drawing useful parallels for comparison from Jacques Derrida’s essay “The Gift of Death,” Ravi’s character, particularly his indifference towards Western education and death drive, is studied, which interestingly provides insights also into his problematic sexual life which lies at the centre of his journey to Khasak.

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东西方对抗中的自作自受者：O V Vijayan 的《卡萨克传奇》中的拉维奥德赛

Khasakkinte Ithihasam》（《卡萨克传奇》）是马拉雅拉姆文学中的一部开创性小说，由 O V Vijayan 创作，于 1969 年出版。小说将主人公拉维的生存历程与虚构的卡萨克村的宗教、人物和文化交织在一起。本文以拉维无法完成学业为背景，分析了维贾扬带来的东西方思维模式的对比。他后来在卡萨克的单师学校中遇到的挣扎，被解读为源于一种更为尖锐的潜意识挣扎。该书从雅克-德里达的散文《死亡的礼物》中汲取了有益的类比，研究了拉维的性格，尤其是他对西方教育的漠视和死亡的驱使，有趣的是，这也为他的问题性生活提供了见解，而这正是他前往卡萨克的核心所在。

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