VIEWS FROM ABOVE AND BELOW: GEORGE ELIOT AND FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI.

The article focuses on the concept of George Eliot and Fakir Mohan Senapati's fictional works. It states that Eliot's novels demonstrate an inclusive vision of human connectedness that belongs to a special moment in the history of literature, particularly the 19th century historicist realism. It explores the idea of the Western cultural exceptionalism based on the writings of Eliot and Senapati. It argues that the reading of Senapati underscores the ways the narrative conventions Eliot inherited while allowing to expand the social scope of British fiction.