Feminist consciousness in Indian Sub-continent: A Literary Analysis

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Feminism has been a fast emerging and widely talked about concept. Literature has always been a handy tool in exploring gender differences. Gender is basically a construct of society designed to facilitate the smooth functioning of society for validating the advantage of man. As Simon de Beauvoir has emphatically stated ‘one is not born, but rather becomes a women. It is civilization as a whole that produces this creature which is described as feminine’. The traditional deification of womanhood conceals a collective attempt to exploit woman. The subjugation of woman in a patriarchal setup depends largely upon, and also varies according to caste, class and race. Since the woman is economically dependent on man her psyche moves towards subservience. As time changed woman became economically independent but the tendency of subordination in a male dominated society continued without apparent changes.
In this present work I have exposed and highlighted...

About the Author

Dr. Sarita Jain is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Government College, Dudu, Jaipur, Rajasthan. (India). Her teaching experience covers a span of 27 years. Her research papers consisting 45 in number are published in various national, international journals, UGC care listed journals and books. Her papers are also published in Jadila, published from Indonesia, American Research Journal, published from Chicago, USA and Global Net newspaper from Bangladesh. She has attended and presented papers in several national and international Conference and Seminars. She has posted many videos for students related to syllabus on Youtube. She has been the Master Trainer of Global Skills Enhancement Program, a collaborative initiative of Infosys and Commisionerate College Education, Rajasthan. In this capacity she trained many students in English Language Employability Skills. As a result a great number of students received employment in various Multinational Companies. She is also trained by Project...

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