LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 18:9 September 2018
ISSN 1930-2940

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Aspiring for Distinctiveness in Manju Kapur’s
A Married Woman

Ms. F. Mary Bridgith, M.A., M.Phil.
Dr. M. Premavathy, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.


Abstract

Indian writers in English have made the most noteworthy contribution in the field of the novel. Feminist writers give top priority to the maximization of freedom of woman and minimization of patriarchal priority. The actualities of women’s lives seem to be gaining greater significance day by day. Women writers have explored the stance of male chauvinism and violence committed against women. Women have always been less important individuals. When a woman lives in a male dominated society obviously she undergoes many sufferings. Manju Kapur, an Indian woman novelist, highlights her deep insight into human nature and her understanding of day-to-day problems. Her female protagonists are mostly educated, aspiring individual caged within the boundaries of a conservative society. In her novel A Married Woman Manju Kapur brings forth those hard facts that will go a long way in demystifying marriage. The novel discusses the tragic tale of the middle class working women with Astha as the main heroine and Peepilika as the titular one. Astha imbibes middle class values and latter suffers from a sense of incompleteness in her married life. Through the personal private lives of these characters Manju Kapur gives her readers valuable insights into the feminine consciousness through her protagonists. Manju Kapur is convinced that the new, educated Indian woman has the capacity to determine her priorities for self-discovery. This paper speaks about the problems faced by the protagonist of the novel to have a distinctiveness of her own.

Keywords: Patriarchal System, Distinctiveness, Identity Crisis, Feminine Sensibility.

Manju Kapur among the Feminist Writers

Indian writers in English have made the most noteworthy contribution in the field of the novel. Feminist writers give top priority to the maximization of freedom of woman and minimization of patriarchal priority. The actualities of women’s lives seem to be gaining greater significance day by day. Women writers have explored the stance of male chauvinism and violence committed against women. Women have always been less important individuals. When a woman lives in a male dominated society obviously she undergoes many sufferings. Manju Kapur, an Indian woman novelist, highlights her deep insight into human nature and her understanding of day-to-day problems. Her female protagonists are mostly educated, aspiring individual caged within the boundaries of a conventional society.

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Ms. F. Mary Bridgith, M.A., M.Phil.
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of English
BDUC College for Women
Orathanadu, Thanjavur
Tamilnadu, India
marybridgith@gmail.com

Dr. M. Premavathy, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Research Supervisor
Head & Assistant Professor of English
BDUC College for Women
Orathanadu, Thanjavur
Tamilnadu, India
drpremapalani@gmail.com

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