RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics (Dec 2015)
The Stylistic Strategies of Two Texts Dedicated to the Goddess Kali: Contrasted Points of View of the Elite and the Subalterns
Abstract
The article studies the contrasted religious perceptions of the Goddess Kali by the elite and the subalterns in Bengal. It deals with this subject through the stylistic features of two texts and brings about two different visions of religion, the orthodox and the heterodox.