DefinePK

Abstract

This study offers an examination of Pakistani English novelist Azhar Noorani’s novel Black Bird in a White Cage. The concept of subjugation is predominant in all societies by means of power, oppression, and aggression. The word ‘power’ is present in one form or another. The core target of the researchers is to investigate how, amid authority, silence becomes not only women’s identity but also exposes male members of society as subalterns. While employing Spivak’s concept of subalterns, it is critically evaluated that subalterns can speak and know how to raise their voice, but they go unheard. Additionally, Spivak’s concept of subaltern is further backed up by Ranajit Guha’s observation on discernment in terms of class and gender. Following the close reading method, this paper concentrates on the experiences of Jannat and Dildar and other male and female characters as subalterns and their experiences, resistance, and consequences.