Feminine Sensibility in the Selected Works of Anita Desai and Arupa Patangia Kalita: An Analysis
Author(s): Dr. Dipti Boruah
Publication #: 2509012
Date of Publication: 04.01.2022
Country: India
Pages: 1-6
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 1 January-2022
Abstract
Through this study attempt has been made to focus on how feminine sensibility was reflected in varied forms in the selected novels of Anita Desai and Arupa Patangia Kalita. Both of the novelists are the leading novelists of Indian perspective who wrote several novels focusing the discourse of women identity, marginalization and oppression. The predominant theme of novels of both the writers is marriage. Besides that gender inequality, violence, social injustice, and the consequences of political unrest are also common theme in their literary works. Both the writers draw the realistic picture of the various aspect of gender barrier on the basis of the societies that they represent. They present the pain and struggle of women from different angles. Their women characters try to break the gender barrier and thus both of them express their social sense. Through this paper attempt has been made to discuss the feminine sensibility as reflected in the works of both the writers on the basis of the textual analysis of two prominent novels namely “Cry, the Peacock” by Anita Desai and “Dawn” by Arupa Patangia Kalita. The original novel “Ayananta” was published in Assamese in the year 1992 and later translated into English by Ranjita Biswas. It has also been translated into Hindi.
Keywords: Women, Sensibility, Empathy, Marriage, Oppressed, Marginalized.
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