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The Women's Rights and Feminist Concerns as depicted by Indian Major Novelists: A Critical Study

Author(s) Dr. Asim
Country India
Abstract Feminism and Women's Rights in India have long been dominant themes in Indian English novels that have successfully depicted the lives of women along with their rights and struggles. Feminist concerns in the Indian novel have been influenced by occurrences such as reform in colonial India, the rise of the nationalist movement, constitutional democracy, modernization, and globalization. Unlike Western feminist literature that emphasizes individual freedom, feminism in India is concerned with problems related to identity within the context of the family, culture, caste, class, and society. Indian novelists have continually highlighted the marginalization of women, domestic oppression, psychological conflict, sexuality, economic dependency, and opposition to patriarchal norms. This paper aims to analyze the depiction of women's rights and feminist consciousness in the novels written by renowned Indian authors such as Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Arundhati Roy, and Manju Kapur. By applying textual analysis and feminist criticism, the paper examines several recurrent themes in Indian feminist literature, such as patriarchy, marriage, education, autonomy, identity formation, and intersectionality. It concludes that Indian feminist novels offer an alternate resistance paradigm of compromise, accommodation, and self-discovery rather than total rejection of tradition.
Keywords Indian English fiction, feminism, women’s rights, patriarchy, gender identity, feminist criticism, Indian novelists
Published In Volume 11, Issue 1, January-June 2020
Published On 2020-06-12
Cite This The Women's Rights and Feminist Concerns as depicted by Indian Major Novelists: A Critical Study - Dr. Asim - IJAIDR Volume 11, Issue 1, January-June 2020.
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