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Susan Bassnett's Comparative Literature

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Comparative Literature is a boon to research scholars as it bestows them a scope to trace the transformations in the personality, temperament and behaviour of human race and entrusts an opportunity for a voyage through all literary genres and texts across time and space. Such studies would definitely bring to forum the life style of people, their likes and dislikes, the problems that curb their freedom, the influence of society on an individual, their economical status and the rights sanctioned to women in general and girl children in particular. Susan Bassnett in her book “Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction” states the reason for the fascination for Comparative Literature as: Most people do not start with comparative literature, …show more content…

Akka returns to her parental home as a rich widow after the death of her husband and starts looking after her nephews and nieces with the care and attention of a truly compassionate mother. She becomes the presiding deity of the family who confers peace and security on her willing subjects but deals ruthlessly with the rebellious and the recalcitrant. Akka’s authoritative nature never allows people to peep into her life and understands her. (1) Shashi Deshpande’s Roots and Shadows: Articulation of Feminine Voice P. Madhurima Reddy Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, ISSN 2278 – 9529, Vol. I. Issue. III, July 2012 She believes that uttering the husband’s name would shorten his life span. She is passionately obsessed with caste and the moral conduct of girls. When Narmada got married Akka remarked that her trials started and her prediction became true. Narmada suffered a lot with a mentally abnormal person returned to her ancestral home. Indu does not like the coarse features and crude mannerism of the bridegroom of Mini. Her uncle persuades her as ‘…You know Padmini’s horoscope has a flaw in it.’ (Roots and Shadows 51) ‘What’s wrong with the boy? He has two legs, two arms, two eyes, two ears…’ (52) May be the boy is a little ugly, may be a little stupid…but everything else is fine.

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