LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Social Castration of Munia, a Third-world Woman, in Geetanjali Shree’s ‘The Reflection’

Md. Maruf Ul Alam, M.A.

Focus of Geetanjali Shree’s “The Reflection”

Geetanjali Shree is a Hindi novelist and short story writer. She has written four novels and published two collections of short stories. Munia is the central character in her short story ‘The Reflection’ which was originally written in Hindi and was translated later in English by the author. The story has been included in Writing Feminism: South Asian Voices edited by Selina Hossain and Radha Chakravorty. The story deals mainly with ‘social castration’ of Munia in postcolonial patriarchal society. We notice Munia’s struggle for establishing her individual identity. Her husband Rahul, a typical representative of postcolonial patriarchy, does not allow her to work outside. He wants to confine her indoors. He transforms her into a mere tool for his sexual pleasure. He denies her financial, sexual and psychological freedom.

Castration Complex
What is ‘castration complex’?

A central concept in psychoanalysis, the castration complex occurs during the pre-oedipal stage of infantile development and is closely connected to the oedipal complex which follows and signals its resolution. It refers to the child’s acknowledgement of castration and therefore the supremacy of the phallus. According to Freud, ‘castration’ functions differently for girls and boys: the girl must accept her absolute inferiority because she lacks a penis, while the boy must accept his relative inferiority, the father’s castrating injunction against his incestuous desire for the mother, and the possible loss of his organ. (Andermahr 31)

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Md. Maruf Ul Alam, M.A.
Lecturer
Department of English
Noakhali Science and Technology University
Sonapur, Noakhali-3814
Bangladesh
marufbdctg@gmail.com
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