The Image Of Woman In Fiction Analysis
The image of woman in fiction has undergone a radical change in the 21st century. The Indian woman writers have moved away from portraying a traditional self-sacrificing woman toward a self-expressive individual woman. The chaste, patient, self-denying, dependant woman is no longer a female lead. Instead, the female characters are projected to be successful in their quest for identity and individuality. A number of women writers have made their debut in 1990s, generating novels which revealed the true state of Indian society and its treatment of women.
The work of Indian women writers has been undervalued, as they write about the enclosed domestic space and moreover, a female’s notion of it. However, Indian women writers have later shown their …show more content…
Be it a college girl or a housewife or a career-oriented woman or a single mother, the character in her novel is an image of the ‘New Woman’. She is no longer a conservative, oppressed, dependant woman who accepts life the way it comes to her. Instead, she is a woman who ‘designs’ her life, the way she wants it to be.
A ‘New Woman’ alias a ‘Modern Woman’ as defined by Merriam-Webster online dictionary is- ‘A woman especially of the late 19th century actively resisting traditional controls and seeking to fill a complete role in the world.’[2] Shenoy’s women characters fit well into this definition and even go beyond it. They are passionate about life, determined towards their careers, independent, bold and unfettered. They quench their thirst of identity with a quest for …show more content…
Nor are they old maids who bemoan the unhappy love of their youth, just as little as they are “priestesses of love,” the victims of wretched living conditions or of their own depraved natures.’[5]
They are the bold, dynamic women who ‘live’ their life as they desire. They ‘choose’ for themselves whether to lead a professional life or to be a homemaker or to balance both. They ‘decide’ whether to walk out of a relation or to walk with her man. This tremendous change in the mindset of today’s woman is unimaginable a decade ago. The focus here is on how independent and self-satisfied the characters are.
It Happens for a Reason
Vipasha, the protagonist of ‘It Happens for a Reason’ [6], is bold enough to give birth to a baby out of wedlock. She does two jobs to raise her son as a single mother. She has no inhibitions in talking about ‘forbidden’ matters, as per the societal norms, between a mother and a
The work of Indian women writers has been undervalued, as they write about the enclosed domestic space and moreover, a female’s notion of it. However, Indian women writers have later shown their …show more content…
Be it a college girl or a housewife or a career-oriented woman or a single mother, the character in her novel is an image of the ‘New Woman’. She is no longer a conservative, oppressed, dependant woman who accepts life the way it comes to her. Instead, she is a woman who ‘designs’ her life, the way she wants it to be.
A ‘New Woman’ alias a ‘Modern Woman’ as defined by Merriam-Webster online dictionary is- ‘A woman especially of the late 19th century actively resisting traditional controls and seeking to fill a complete role in the world.’[2] Shenoy’s women characters fit well into this definition and even go beyond it. They are passionate about life, determined towards their careers, independent, bold and unfettered. They quench their thirst of identity with a quest for …show more content…
Nor are they old maids who bemoan the unhappy love of their youth, just as little as they are “priestesses of love,” the victims of wretched living conditions or of their own depraved natures.’[5]
They are the bold, dynamic women who ‘live’ their life as they desire. They ‘choose’ for themselves whether to lead a professional life or to be a homemaker or to balance both. They ‘decide’ whether to walk out of a relation or to walk with her man. This tremendous change in the mindset of today’s woman is unimaginable a decade ago. The focus here is on how independent and self-satisfied the characters are.
It Happens for a Reason
Vipasha, the protagonist of ‘It Happens for a Reason’ [6], is bold enough to give birth to a baby out of wedlock. She does two jobs to raise her son as a single mother. She has no inhibitions in talking about ‘forbidden’ matters, as per the societal norms, between a mother and a