Literature, Society and Politics: In context of Raghuveer Sahay

Abstract

The study of the relationship between literature, society and politics has been the main concern of modern literarythought. Just as religion can be said to be the center of medieval life, in the same way it will not be an exaggeration tocall politics the focal point of modern life. In view of the omnipresent influence of politics in human life, Thomas Mannhad said that in our time the destiny of man is explained in political relations. Since no meaningful author can be freefrom human destiny, therefore he cannot be free from politics either. In Hindi literature, there was a debate going onfor a long time whether literature should be given priority in life or politics. Premchand did not consider literature to bethe truth behind politics, but considered it to be a guiding torch. No literature can be free from its surroundings and inthis sense every creation is political. Nemichandra Jain, while clarifying the relationship between poetry and politics,says that although the author does not directly create the political world, the world he creates is essentially related tohuman life, so he cannot be free from politics.