Feminism: An Exploration of Pragmatics of Women Lives in Namita Gokhale’s Works
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1202.24Keywords:
feminism, women existence, women’s rights, education, social discriminationAbstract
Feminism is a women’s movement fighting for equal rights and status. The purpose of this study concentrates on the reflection of feminism in Namita Gokhale’s selected works The Book of Shadows (1999), Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011), and Things to Leave Behind (2016). The features of feminism strive for equal rights for both men and women, particularly the emancipation of women, fight for their rights, freedom, equal rights, and gender issues. Namita Gokhale is a famous writer, and her notable works are The Book of Shadows, Priya: In Incredible Indyaa, and Things to Leave Behind. These selected works address the issues of feminism. The major protagonists of these selected works of Namita Gokhale are Rachita, Tilottama and Priya. Each character’s life reflects the issues of feminism theory. Some famous feminists are Rachel Speght, Olympe de Gouge, Mary Wollstonecraft, Judith Sargent Murray, Fredrika Bremer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and so on. The methodology of this study focuses on the feminist theory which is compared with Namita Gokhale’s selected works. In discussion, the researchers compare the survey with the other studies for deeper understanding. Future study recommendations are alienation, self-identity, psychoanalysis, self-disorder, and parental care.
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