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The theme of identity crisis in Margaret Laurences selected novels A Critical study

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Title The theme of identity crisis in Margaret Laurences selected novels A Critical study
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Contributor Patil, Nagnath
 
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Description The issues dealt in literature are always fundamental, severe and truthful to the reality
newlineof the society whether it is in drama, poetry or novel. Woman s problems, one of the urgent
newlineissues, is greatly highlighted in the literature of 20th and 21st century by both woman writers
newlineand man writers since woman is facing problems in day to day day life in male dominating
newlinesociety even after human has made remarkable progress in science and technology. Although
newlinesociety has improved incredible intellectual faculty, but psychologically society has been held
newlineback to the earlier ages when women were considered inferior to men and treatment given to
newlinewas unfair. Male dominating society has always done injustices with woman by confining her
newlineto conventional roles and not giving status and opportunity equal to men.
newlineIn such society woman is considered subsidiary to man and her conditioning and
newlinesocialization is done in a way that she should remain oblivious of her natural behavior and
newlinepersonality. This is always done by the man for his purpose to control woman and rule her life
newlineaccordingly. Woman is put in a particular conventional frame, constructed with the laws of
newlinepractice imposed by religion, norms of behaviour and beliefs of the society. These practices are
newlinemeant only for woman, exclusion of man gives him freedom. On the contrary woman is bound
newlineto it, many times a little deviation from these practices by woman is liable to be punished or
newlinewoman is considered outcast in most of the societies. She is brought up in these unnatural
newlinecircumstances, having no meaning to her opinions, activities and sometimes even to her
newlineexistence. She is reduced to the very humble status, so she should not oppose or challenge the so
newlinecalled norms of the society or not even to the male. Her growth with self effacing identity and
newlinesubmissive role is a benefit for man which makes him more powerful, so he can control her life.
newlineThe treatment woman receives in male dominating society is not equal to man since she
newlineis considered subsidiary to hi
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Date 2017-05-31T05:35:48Z
2017-05-31T05:35:48Z
11/11/2011
06/09/2016
02/02/2017
 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/152701
 
Language English
 
Relation Elevan pages references
 
Rights university
 
Format n.a.
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Coverage English literature
 
Publisher Nanded
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
School of Languages and Literature
 
Source University