LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:3 March 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Portrayal of Women in Anuradha Roy’s The Folded Earth

N. Arularasi and Dr. S. Kumaran


Abstract

The role of women in literature is often quite wide in spectrum. Women have been writing in India since 1000 BC. Women are portrayed as secondary characters as per the literary history is concerned. Among the women writers of Indian English fiction, AnuradhaRoy has earned a distinct space for her particular attention towards the plight of women and social injustice. Her sensitive portrayal and understanding of intrinsic human nature makes her writings relevant to current interests.. This article will discuss the representation of women in the contemporary literature written in English by Indian woman writer. It is an attempt to analyse the role and position of the contemporary middle class Indian women portrayed in Anuradha Roy’s “The Folded Earth”. Women characters portrayed in this novel depict the changingrole of women in Indian post-colonial literature. Their struggle to overcome the submissive stereotyped characteristic qualities imposed by the patriarchy is brought out clearly in the novel.

Keywords: Women in contemporary literature, Anuradha Roy, The Folded Earth

Introduction

Indian English fiction of this era gives more focus on women characters present in the works of great novelist. Women writers like Kamala Markandaya, Ruth Prawer Jhabwala, Nayantrara Saghal, Anitha Desai, Jumpha Lahiri are well known for their characterization of women in their novels which shows the sufferings, oppression, suppression and domination faced in a patriarchy society. They apparently depict a new consciousness to the works emerged in the twentieth century that raises questions about female identity which adds a new dimension and depth in the interpretation of Indian English Fiction. Many novelists have significantly brought this ‘new woman’ who is no longer emotional bond or victim in a patriarchal society and they also reveal the various perspectives of women in this modern world.

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N. Arularasi
Assistant Professor of English
Dr.Pauls Engineering College
Vanur
Villupuram 605 109
Tamilnadu
India
arularasipriya@gmail.com

Dr. S. Kumaran
Assistant Professor of English,
Thiruvalluvar Govt.Arts College,
Andagalur (PO)
Rasipuram 637401
Tamil Nadu
India

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