Art for Life’s Sake: Social Aesthetics and Human Experience in English and Indian Literature
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This research paper examines the principle of “art for life’s sake” and its manifestation in English and Indian literature. Moving beyond the aesthetic doctrine of “art for art’s sake,” this study explores how literature becomes a vehicle for social justice, political consciousness, and human experience. Through close readings of Sharankumar Limbale’s The White Paper, Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, and Derek Walcott’s “A Far Cry from Africa,” the paper argues that literature rooted in lived realities not only reflects society but also challenges its structures. These texts demonstrate how art becomes an ethical, political, and transformative force.
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