FEMININE AWAKENING IN THE NOVELS OF KAMALA MARKANDAYA

Patel Veenakumari Motibhai

Abstract


Since autonomy, numerous Indian women writers in English have exhibited woman as the focal concerns
in their books as most of them have diasporic views.With diasporic mindset of writer, Markandaya's
women are looking for something positive and effective because she portrays woman characters as per the willpower of
European women.About the majority of Markandaya's women characters show a positive and hopeful point of view and rise
signicantly stronger than their male partners develop.The story strategies that Markandaya utilizes within her books are
adapted towards uncovering social bad form in India, consequently the utilization of the more particular term 'social
authenticity' by various faultnders to depict Markandaya's books.Indeed, in books, where male characters are the heroes, the
women are demonstrated quiet and mitigating as though to balance the aggressive nature of male characters.


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