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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2016)
Portrayal of women in select novels of Shobha De
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Ms. Farhana, Dr. Vandana Chundawat
Abstract
The present paper is based on the novels of Shobha De, in particular Socialite Evenings and Stary Nights. She is one of the most famous Indian Women writers in English. Her fiction always tries to reveal the character of women. She is a great supporter of open-ended narration of incidents and episodes. Researcher will seek to reveal overall persona of women in the novels of Shoba De. The study is based on the Indian point of view. She has portrayed the woman characters of variety imaginatively in her novels, trying to find their existence, meaning of life, their identity and their unfulfilled loved and emotional self. The important point to be acknowledged about her novels is that her novels particularly Socialite Evenings and Stary Nights are full of women characters. The novels seem dominated by female characters having full of crowd. After analyzing her novels it is indicated that her main concern is on female characters as protagonists. Less is mentioned about secondary female characters. She has depicted the women in pairs and their concerns on their individual happiness and selfhood pleasures. Her novels are based on women psychology revealing the accepted norm that women are jealous and enemy of other women.
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Pages:360-361
How to cite this article:
Ms. Farhana, Dr. Vandana Chundawat "Portrayal of women in select novels of Shobha De". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 360-361
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