MYTHOLOGY DEPRIVED IN INDIAN SOCIETY IN GITHA HARIHRAH’S “THE THOUSAND FACES OF NIGHT” ABSTRACT: In the thousand Faces of Night, Githa Haritharan shows how each female character suffers from her own traumatic humiliation guilt and alienation from her own body and processes which originate in menarche. Through these representations, she not only exposes how women are suppressed but also creates a narrative that challenges the ideology of women child, which is tacitly assumed to e celebrated only
The Thousand Faces of Night is not just a womanish novel but it is a definite feminist writing in which myths are revisioned, rewrote and retold from a female point of view. The focus of this novel is on the inner lives of women, the inner spaces are reflected detail. We have great Saints, Rishis in our land who taught their people the art of living. We have produced great epics of the world that is Ramayana and Mahabharata which invariable preach the principles of life to the people. In classical
emphasized in Githa Hariharan’s novel The Thousand Faces of Night Abstract The prime focus of this article is to exhibit the mythical stories woven with the cultural heritage of India and the social status of women in patriarchal society. Hariharan is an expert in sharing how women deal with the sanction of the Indian society. She evokes characters from mythology related them to the characters in her novel. The novel, The Thousand Faces of Night presents the consequence of patriarchy
stories. By telling the story of the bravery and determination shown by Damayanti to espouse Nala, grandmother’s intention was to instill the qualities such as strong determination and courage in the mind of the little girl. In the novel The Thousand Faces of Night, Hariharan equals the life of human characters with that of the myths. The stories narrated by Grandmother are rich in culture and strong in values as the listeners take everything granted for their future life. The dream like life of Devi
Hariharan’s The Thousand Faces of Night To free herself from the authority of man and the society, the woman needs to bring together herself to scale against different structures and social practices that subordinate her to the patriarchal dominance and control. Githa Hariharan elucidated Indian myths taken from the epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana and relates them to the female characters of her unveiling novel, The Thousand Faces of Night. Githa Hariharan 's novel, The Thousand Faces of Night clarifies
seeds of feminism, deeply rooted in her philosophical base. A cross cultural section of Indian society is depicted in her novels of female. She is a voice of women. Through her writings, she has portrayed the protagonists in the society. The Thousand Faces of Night focuses on Devi, the protagonist who feels identity crisis. The purpose of this paper is to study new women in the novels of GithaHariharan so taking in account the complexity of life, different histories, culture and different structure of
novel, “The Thousand Faces of Night” won the common wealth writer’s prize in 1993. Githa Hariharan uses the genre of fiction as a medium to transmit the culture to learners exhibiting the Indian Myths in a detailed manner in order to correlate the contemporary life of our people. In the story, Indian Myths are intermingled with the life of the Indian women. Githa Hariharan has represented the glory of India through her fiction. In simple words her fiction “The Thousand Faces of Night” is the commemoration
The art of storytelling began when human beings started to speak some thousands of years ago. Stories communicated knowledge and experience in social contexts. Tales begin with conflict because man forever is in conflict either with himself or with the environment which is around him. In the tug of war between man and man or man and environment, a series of issues arise but get resolved at the end and stories depict this process in order to encourage or motivate the listeners that there is always
Operations Management System at Opulent River Face Hotel. 3 BUSINESS PROCESS OF OPULENT RIVER FACE HOTEL 4 SWOT ANALYSIS OF OPULENT RIVER FACE HOTEL 5 Strengths of Opulent River Face Hotel. 6 Weaknesses of Opulent River Face Hotel. 7 Opportunities for Opulent River Face Hotel. 8 Threats for Opulent River Face Hotel. 8 RECOMMENDATION 9 REFERENCES 11 INTRODUCTION Opulent River Face Hotel is a three star hotel which is situated near Diyawanna. Opulent River Face Hotel is located in a glamorous environment
As the theoretical premise of New Historicism instructs, a full analysis of a work of literature would not be complete without taking into consideration its reception among readers and critics. Along similar lines, Calder stresses the importance of the effect that Koestler’s novel had upon its readers. When Darkness At Noon appeared, it was instantly well received, and earned favorable reviews all across Europe, especially in France, in which the political struggle between the left and right was