THE FEMINIST PLOT AND THE NATIONALIST ALLEGORY: HOME AND WORLD IN TWO INDIAN WOMEN'S NOVELS IN ENGLISH

The themes "feminism" and "nationalism" can be construed to correspond roughly to the gendered spaces "home" and "world." These themes are examined in two novels: Sashi Deshpande's "That Long Silence" and Nina Sibal's "Yatra (The Journ...

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Published in:Modern fiction studies 1993-04, Vol.39 (1), p.71-92
Main Author: Rajan, Rajeswari Sunder
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allegory
Deshpande, Shashi
English
Feminism
Indian literature
Literary criticism
Nationalism
Novelists
Novels
Protagonists
Sexes
Sibal, Nina
Silence
Writers
Writing
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Summary:The themes "feminism" and "nationalism" can be construed to correspond roughly to the gendered spaces "home" and "world." These themes are examined in two novels: Sashi Deshpande's "That Long Silence" and Nina Sibal's "Yatra (The Journey)."
ISSN:0026-7724
1080-658X
1080-658X
DOI:10.1353/mfs.0.1045