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- Title
Towards Her "Poetics": Mahadevi Varma's Shrinkhala ki Kariyan in the light of Gynocriticism.
- Authors
Raza, Almee
- Abstract
If literature is a representation and reflection of society, a society, then comprises both man and woman. It would therefore, be injustice on the part of women if their silence remains unspoken and their agonies persist without representation. The representation of women in literature was felt essential for an authentic representation of society. With this objective many women writers took the responsibility to represent and give an expression to the agonizing, voiceless women resulting, thus, in the role of 'woman as writer' and creator of their body of literature. The present paper emphasizes this aspect. This paper attempts a study of Mahadevi Varma's Shrinkhala ki Kariyan as a gyno text in the light of Elaine Showalter's notion of 'gynocriticism'. The paper reflects on Showalter's theory of "gynocritics" and offers a parallel significance of 'woman as writer' in Mahadevi Varma's plea to women to write and create 'a literature of their own'. It also focuses on the multiple issues and problems facing women as described in Shrinkhala ki Kariyan and portrays not only the suppression, suffering and humiliation of women but also emphasizes the necessity for articulation.
- Subjects
SHRINKHALA ki Kariyan (Book); VARMA, Mahadevi; WOMEN authors in literature; HINDI literature -- History &; criticism; LITERARY criticism
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 4, p22
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Literary Criticism