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Aparpokkho Short Story

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THE MATERNAL WOMB AS A SITE OF DISRUPTION OF MALE ORDER IN TASLIMA NASRIN’S APARPOKKHO (Opponent) Dr. Nasreen Banu M. Jamadar jmnasreen@gmail.com Literature translated from vernacular languages into English forms a vast corpus of what is called literatures in English. Several classics from various languages like Russian, French, German, Chinese and many other languages have been translated into English and thus the body of literatures in English is enriched considerably. Many novelists like Rabindranath Tagore, Gao Xingjian, Gabriel Garcia Marquez etc have won the Nobel Prize for literature for their novels translated from their first language into English. Taslima Nasrin is a major contemporary writer whose novels in Bangla have been translated …show more content…

Her story credentials the collapse of the body of marriage to guard women in a way of life which is supported on an impression of women 's addiction on the male mask. It also foregrounds the disappointment of the authorized alterations on polygamy and divorce laws to authorize women within the accessible socio-cultural and ideological stipulation of any community. Finally, Aparpokkho employs the female body and the maternal womb (of Jamuna) as a site of contestation and confront to the system of patrilineal descent which categorizes system of patriarchy in any state or a country. Through changing the womb into a subject mark, Taslima opens the initial root of male …show more content…

The content of Aparpokkho, in the course of its chronology, generates a archetype contained by which marriage is a precursor inch by inch connected to polygamy, and divorce and dislocation of a woman centers the abusive nature of marriage and divorce.(27) The narrative contiguity of openly harsh ideas like marriage and divorce or the combination of such differing designs constructs a uneven sensation and brings to spotlight some uneasy issues. Such a prototype entitles into question the purity of marriage by twisting the sign out of its touching predication and idealization (super-adequation).(28) For instance, the womb in this patriarchal society is viewed as a means of reproduction through which patrilineal descent is perpetuated. Through her chastity, a woman protects the womb which is active in ensuring proper descent and family lineage. In other words, a woman can (re)produce children by her lawful husband. Patriarchy 's purpose of patrilineal confirmation through the female womb functions in conjunction with the ideological theory of motherhood celebrated through its cultural production as one of amazing concern and diffident love. Taslima Nasrin discarded this patriarchal-delegated position, and contests its schema by first foregrounding, and then threatening the patriarchal utility of womb exploitation for effecting proper male

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