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Feministic Analysis of Arundhati Roy's Postmodern Indian Fiction: The God of Small Things

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  • A. Hariharasudan

    (Kalasalingam Univesity, India. Author-2-Name: S. Robert Gnanamony Author-2-Workplace-Name: Dept. of English, Kalasalingam University, India Author-3-Name: Author-3-Workplace-Name: Author-4-Name: Author-4-Workplace-Name: Author-5-Name: Author-5-Workplace-Name: Author-6-Name: Author-6-Workplace-Name: Author-7-Name: Author-7-Workplace-Name: Author-8-Name: Author-8-Workplace-Name:)

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"Objective � The aim of the research is to identify the feminist strains in the postmodern Indian Fiction The God of Small Things (TGST). The researcher has planned to investigate the text systematically for seeking feministic values. Methodology/Technique � The study reviews previous literature. Findings � Gender bias and feminism are relevant themes explored by postmodernists. Arundhati Roy portrays the predicament of women through her female characters belonging to three generations in this novel. In the novel, a sense of antagonism and division also infuse the difference senses of identity among the different generation of women. It also generates a line of the clash between the older and the younger generation. Family and political customs play a key role in disadvantaging women. Social constrains are so built up as to sanctify the persecution of women. This is because, in most of the civilizations, social structures are basically patriarchal. Arundhati's novel challenges this position, though her avowed feminist stance. Novelty � Women across the globe worldwide, nationwide, regionally and may be capable of holding the influential note of feminism and being capable of deconstructing a constructive implication of their own femaleness and womanhood after reading this paper."

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  • A. Hariharasudan, 2017. "Feministic Analysis of Arundhati Roy's Postmodern Indian Fiction: The God of Small Things," GATR Journals gjbssr489, Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) Enterprise.
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    Keywords

    Feminism; Gender Bias; Patriarchal; Postmodernism; Downtrodden.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B54 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Feminist Economics
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration

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