부산대학교 도서관

Literature of the oppressed is gaining prominence in the present literary scenario as subaltern studies. The exploitation, grief, suppression, subjugation and enslavement of a particular group of people are termed as marginalization. It is an act of assuming that particular race, caste, community, ethnicity and gender are superior, and others are inferior. The marginalization results from various stereotypes and preconceived notions. Some people are pushed to the edge of the society and accorded lesser importance and their needs and desires are ignored totally. The urban cultural setup appears to be an egalitarian society on the surface level, but in reality, there is imbalance in power structure. The hegemony of patriarchy subjugates women as the marginalised. This paper aims to trace the ramifications of marginalization in Preethi Shenoy's The Rule Breakers. Myriads of marginalization are mirrored in the novel like -- women treated as the other, fear of a man to expose his homosexuality and psyche of the people in the lower social strata. This paper looks into various dimensions of marginalization prevalent in the Indian cultural setup and points out the necessity of annihilating the bias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]