Open Access‘Impersonal Personalism’: Kamala Das as a Confessional Poetess
Author(s) -
Nynu V Jamal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
shanlax international journal of english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-2645
DOI - 10.34293/english.v8i3.3189
Subject(s) - oppression , confessional , affection , dominance (genetics) , personalism , poetry , sociology , psychoanalysis , gender studies , psychology , politics , literature , social psychology , philosophy , theology , art , political science , law , chemistry , biochemistry , gene
Kamala Das is a poetess who throws light on the oppression faced by the women folk from the patriarchal dominance through her own experience. The societal expectations or the social barriers were never a hindrance to her confessional attitude. The objective of the paper is to find how Kamala Das has used poetry as a vehicle to express her problems, mental dilemmas, and trauma. The paper explains how the poetess longed for love and affection and how she was deprived of the same.