Women Novels In Indian Literature

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work of art. Undoubtedly the novel in the modern age is the only literary medium through which a writer can discuss numerous contemporary problems – political, economic, religious and social. The novel, thus, is a form of art on account of two important reasons. First, the novel exhibits or represents life. Secondly a novelist gives shape to his vision of life with the purpose of giving pleasure to the reader. The ‘novel’ as a literary phenomenon is new to India. Epics, Lyrics, dramas, short stories and fables have their respectable ancestries, going back by several centuries, but it is only during a period of little more than a century. But the novel has occurred and taken root in India. The origin of novel goes back to the development of …show more content…

Writing in English was not started at one day. It developed over a episode of time. So many woman writers composed small plays, short stories and songs before the rise of the novels. More women’s are started to write during mid – nineteenth century. Women novelists give their own experiences and other female incidence their writings. It affected the language pattern and cultural of Indian literature. In the complete context of the woman writers in the Indian writing brought a stylized pattern of their own. In the past, Indian societies gave important for male experiences and their writings. But now it was changed. In 18th century women writers were declines because the male only can give strong themes. But in 19th century more women are participated in India’s every movement and them against the British rule. The influences of the Indian English literature begin by the world feminist …show more content…

Some of the Anita Desai writings show the complex between man and woman relationship. The woman novelists give awareness for the today’s women. Like the women author Sarojini Naidu Indian English writing was started. Indian women writers write about Cultural, traditional, realism, Diaspora etc. Sarojini Naidu attracts the readers by her great poem writings. The list of popular Indian woman writers now a days are much such as Bharati Mukherjee, Dina Mehta, Nergis Delal, Arundhati Roy Jhumpalahiri and many more. The novels of these people are known for their contemporary approach. Shobha De or Namita Gokhale another novels are really out spoken. The works of women novelists were actually undervalued. The readers read the novels of the Indian woman writing with certain thoughts and expectations. Most of the Indian male and female both writers comprise by the readers. They look for some Indian – ness in the writing. The capable of conveying message in Indian way about feminism, this was given only by Indian women

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