Critical Appreciation of Rabati by Fakir Mohan Senapati | Short Story | Oppressive Society -- englit.in
Q: Critically discuss Fakir Mohan Senapati’s short story ‘Rebati’ as an ironical short story. ‘Rebati’ was the first truly iconic short story, written in odia language in 1898 by the father of modern odia literature, Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843-1918). The story was written against “ the Cholera Epidemic” that devastated the family of the protagonist. In the story, we see the “ oppression view ” of the contemporary society. The principle themes of the story are, “ Education ”, “ Superstition ”, and “ poison of female ”. The story marks the beginning of a new traditional women writers in Odia language Such as ‘ Sarala Devi, Kuntala Kumari Sabat, Kokila Devi etc. At the beginning of the story, at Patpur , the story begins with a simple straightforward man, Shyambandhu Mohanty. Shyambandhu’s mother, his wife, and his ten years old daughter “ Rebati ” were the members of Shyambandhu’s family. When we see two years past view, there was an opened upper primary school, there the only t