Quest for Self-Identity in Githa Hariharan's Novel 'The Thousand Faces Of Night'

Autor: Ms. Niranjana. G, Dr. Rajesh. B
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7933176
Popis: Indian English Fiction enabled a more in-depth examination of the Woman's Question. Women were employed to represent revolt, heroic principles, and passionate desires. While post-independence Indian writers in English condemn the current literary scene and critical creeds as absolute and out of date, their thematic interests extended well beyond Indian borders. The work presents a huge "feminine mystique," with characters ranging from Arundhati Roy to Githa Hariharan. Writing on nearly anything under the sun, these female novelists are cognizant of their society, ideals, and ideologies, as well as the power, strengths, and vulnerabilities of women. The identity, which is frequently referred to as the "self," is the inner person to whom the notion of divided selves is more important than the exaltation of the outward personality. The question of identity is comprised of the humble and human relationships accounting to the feminine existence such as mother, sister, daughter, wife, and soul. It is more in her approach to discovering her identity, which is nothing more than a frenzied chain of fragmented selves. Githa Hariharan's novels have represented the cultural spaces and survival methods predominantly occupied by the middle class since the development of feminist thinking. The paper describes women's path towards independence and forging an individual identity, beginning with fictitious conceptions of feminist individualism and continuing through the institutions of marriage and family.
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