“Loss of Identity”- A Feministic Approach to Nayantara Sahgal’s Novels.

Name of Author : Mrs. C. Kavitha

Abstract: This paper seeks to provide a detailed study of the image of woman in the novels of Nayantara Sahgal. Sahgal emerged as one of the most significant voices in the realm of Indian English fiction. Women who are conscious of their emotional needs and strive for self-fulfilment rejecting the existing traditions and social set-up and long for a more liberal and unconventional way of life finds their place in the novels of Nayantara Sahgal. Her novels portray women trampled and oppressed because of their dependence upon men and the harrowing experience they have to face in their struggle to come out of the bondage and stand on their own feet. The hardship and suffering involved in fighting against an established order, the shattering experience of divorce and the resultant alienation between parents and children form the thematic concern of Sahgal‟s novels.

Keywords : Self fulfilment, unconventional life, bondage, resultant alienation

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