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The Indian Women Writers and their Contributions to Indian Literature
Author(s) -
Krishnaveni KP
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american research journal of english and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2378-9026
DOI - 10.21694/2378-9026.21007
Subject(s) - femininity , gender studies , mutiny , masculinity , anguish , dandy , dominance (genetics) , gender identity , sociology , space (punctuation) , identity (music) , history , aesthetics , literature , art , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , archaeology , epistemology , gene
The Indian women writers are the one who mainly talks about the male ego and female desire for freedom. Through their writings women writer tries to oppose the male dominance over them. Indian women writers depict the injustices, the anguish and the despair they received in a male dominated society. Many of the writings can be considered as a mutiny against the restraints which the society thrust upon women. In this man-centered world they are trying to bring out the feminine identity through their works. Indian women writers never attempted to adopt any masculine roles to achieve themselves as equal as men, but through their writings they came across all the barrier of class, gender and space boundaries. They try to project masculinity and femininity as equal categories. Though through their works the Indian women writers tries to project women’s responses to gender questions. However, they tried to depict the fact that writings of women need not be differentiated by language or location.

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