Even in this postcolonial period when women are said to have equal rights and opportunities with ... more Even in this postcolonial period when women are said to have equal rights and opportunities with men, marriage and motherhood remain the main goals of the girl’s life, however liberated she may be. Her personal achievement, however great, pales down before her marital status implying her dependence on man. Marriage is the most powerful means that society uses to ensure female subjugation and the institution of marriage, is cleverly camouflaged by sanctity only to ensure male domination and to prevent any questioning by women. The image of woman in Indo-English novel is based on the traditional ancient literature of India, which showed woman as a devoted wife or a devoted mother. The post colonial writers of IndoEnglish novels equipped with a new education and sociability have different perspective of the images of woman. In the post colonial period liberal thought was brought in to our country and it was also propagated by western education. The woman novelists were responsible for ...
Even in this postcolonial period when women are said to have equal rights and opportunities with ... more Even in this postcolonial period when women are said to have equal rights and opportunities with men, marriage and motherhood remain the main goals of the girl’s life, however liberated she may be. Her personal achievement, however great, pales down before her marital status implying her dependence on man. Marriage is the most powerful means that society uses to ensure female subjugation and the institution of marriage, is cleverly camouflaged by sanctity only to ensure male domination and to prevent any questioning by women. The image of woman in Indo-English novel is based on the traditional ancient literature of India, which showed woman as a devoted wife or a devoted mother. The post colonial writers of IndoEnglish novels equipped with a new education and sociability have different perspective of the images of woman. In the post colonial period liberal thought was brought in to our country and it was also propagated by western education. The woman novelists were responsible for ...
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