FEMINIST ASPECT IN ANITA DESAI'S CRY, THE PEACOCK

Renu Ridlan

Abstract


The proposed research work will undertake a study of feminist consciousness in Anita DESAI‘s novel CRY THE PEACOCK, with the objective to highlight the place and plight of women in a world governed by patriarchy. The study also means to investigate the role and contribution of patriarchy and patriarchal values towards the misery, suffering, loneliness and unhappiness of women or other psychological, social and economic problems experienced by them. Let’s take up firstly a detailed study of the term “FEMINISM”.


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Feminist

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