GROWTH OF LITERATURE ON WOMEN: A STUDY OF SSCI AND A&HCI DURING 2003-2012 (original) (raw)

India's Contribution to Women's Studies during 1990–2015: A Bibliometric Analysis

This paper is analysis of 439 articles from India's contribution to women's studies, during the year 1990–2015 are taken up to observe the year wise growth, authorship pattern, keyword analysis, and sources of publications and top rank organization. Results indicate that most frequently occurred keywords were gender, the highest contributing source title found from the Indian Journal of Gender Studies and among the institutes the University of Delhi contributed highest articles.

Indian Women-Literature Interface

International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science (IJRES), 2022

Literature is the mirror of society and women are an important part of society. What women learn goes into the family and hence it is important that women become more and more aware and educated. Literature is a medium that does this. But are Indian Women interfaced with Literature. The poor literacy rates and the socioeconomic condition of Indian women in past and even now prevent literature from illuminating their lives. This paper peeps into different aspects of the Indian Women, Literature interface. Starting with the status of women from ancient times till date, we explore their writings and impact thereof on society, we shall also find out how literature benefits and shapes society, is literature reaching Indian women in the same intensity as men, and what could be a way forward.

Psycho-Socio-Cultural Matrix of Women's World- A Study in the Selected Indian Women Writings

Indian women writers have significant contribution in Indian English Writings. Indian literary scene has witnessed a tremendous change as far as women writers’ role. Women writings are concerned with the status of women in India. The ups and downs in these writers’ life have emphasized much upon the socio-cultural and psychological aspects. Women’s literature in Indian English Studies presents many women characters as role models or as silenced voices. This research paper takes into account the Indian women writers’ perspective of women’s world. For the study the following works have been selected - the novel Cry, the Peacock which explores the sociological state of the protagonist, Maya. She reflects internal conflicting realities of her psyche in de-motivational or subversive terms. The novel is concerned with a modern new woman’s rejection of her priorities and subsequently her failure on account of her meaninglessness in her thoughts, choices and deeds. The novel The God of Small Things portrays the politics of caste/gender and its effects on the marginalized, deprived woman in context of informalization and feminization of labour, her body and her ‘Self’. Manjula Padmanabhan’s play Harvest delves deep inside the pains, anguish of the poverty-stricken family that falls victim to the commoditization of the Third World body; while it also visualizes the futuristic approach of woman to counter the machines that may likely to govern human body in modern times. The Selected Poems of Kamala Das represent the wishes, aspirations, individuality, ambiguity and frustration. She is concerned with the women’s status in the men’s world. This research paper will attempt to find insights into the subjective experiences expressed in the writings, and same will be investigated as a source of self-discovery of these authors and their creative urge to find their space in public sphere. Other aspects such as - woman’s subjugated past, their voice breaking the silence, resisting the patriarchy and finding a female tradition and their imagined stereo- typed image will also be discussed. Keywords: Indian English Literary Studies, Women Writers, Gender-autonomy, Discriminatory doctrines

THE ROLE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN EMPOWERING WOMEN'S CONDITION

Chanchal Hooda

Today we can see many women working at various departments. They are considered capable to do any work. But before a century what was the condition of women? Were they allowed to do jobs instead of household chores? Were they equally treated to men? Were they quite confident? I think all these questions have a very simple and a pet answer and that is "No". Not only in our Indian society but also in the whole world the condition of women was worst. And to some extent, it still exists in some places of this so called digitalized country. But at many places the condition of women has improved a lot. They are doing extremely well with their skills and potential in every field of life. Even they are joining the forces too. They don't want to be seated at home. What are the factors behind these changes in our Indian society? There might have been so many factors and among these factors it is English literature of course that created a lot of opportunities to women to prove themselves at different levels. I, with the help of this article, will try to bring the light on the role of English literature in improving as well as upgrading Indian women's condition. Literature is the best way to highlight any issue or reiterate any position. It presents the problems existing in the society so that people become aware of the existing problems and take the suitable step to bring reformation in the society. There are so many examples that show how various writers, poets, dramatists, playwrights and novelists have brought reformation. If we compare the condition of women between the earlier ages and this age, we will find that women are contributing their share in the development of various disciplines. In Bollywood also we notice now-a-days that women are playing the lead roles instead of submissive and suppressed roles. They are seen entering late night dinner party, having drinks, working in night shift and so on. It is true that our history records a number of instances of outstanding women like so on who accomplished great feats in the spheres of literature, art, philosophy, administration and even warfare. These are the names of great Indian women. Other names are, Jahanara Begum-the partisan of Shikoh, Roshan Ara-the partisan of Aurangzeb and Jija Bai, the mother of Shivaji, etc. Jija Bai is considered typical of Indian womanhood. We can add a few names also to the list. However, these women belonged to the royal and aristocratic families of society and hence were free from the  Assistant Professor of English, UIET, Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak

Women Writers in India: Tracing Feminism

Psychology and Education Journal, 2021

From pre-Independence period to the contemporary times, women’s voice is gradually being heard and gaining momentum. It is hoped as well as expected that women would soon become a prominent voice making a mark in the society. Their point of view along with their decision making authority will have a definite and constructive impact on the society. This can be inferred from the literature by various Indian women writers such as Pandita Ramabai, Ismat Chughtai, Kamala Das and Shashi Deshpande. As we move from one decade to another entering the 21st century, we observe how women have been able to break the cocoon of domesticity, marking their presence in various socio-political spheres which have been usually dominated by men. Women have sought their space for expression and voicing opinion through literature. Depicting the oppression and discrimination faced in the patriarchal setup of Indian society, the women writers have pointed at the need for equality in practice as well as repre...

TRACING THE CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA THROUGH SELECT NOVELS

The first Indian novel in English by Bankim Chandra was Rajmohan’s Wife. Though the novel is about the events in life of Matangini, her introduction to the world was given as someone’s wife. From being invisible as an individual to being portrayed as leaders, scientists, etc female characters in the world of English fiction have come a long way. Indian society has traditionally been divided into a number of segments on the basis of class, caste, religion, rich, poor, privileged, underprivileged, etc. Developments and transitions for every segment came at different time and in varied ways. The revolution in the world of fairer sex has thus been non linear, women as a group have not grown together but along with the segment they belonged. The study focuses on four novels by four authors written in different time period describing the social conditions and the status of women in the Indian society. All the four writers are progressive and given to the cause of presenting the social reality of the country. The present study undertakes one novel of each novelist: The Guide by R K Narayan Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markand

Impact of Indian Female Novelist In The 20th And 21st Century

isara solutions, 2022

Feminism in India is a set of movements in defining establishing and the finding equal political, economic and social rights and opportunities for women in India. It is the position of women's rights within the society of India life there feminist counter parts all over the world feminist in India seek gender equality the right to work for equal wages the right to equal access to health and education and equal political rights Indian feminist also have out against culture specific issues within India's Patriarchal society search as inheritance laws Indian women start writing in English extremely late which is one and fifty year old.British old India for 200 year India and England had dealt with each other in trade military and political affairs from chronicled point of view Indian English literature has gone through a few stages for example indo-anglian, Idno English, Indian writing in English and as of late Indian English writing as a result it has lost a good deal of interest for Indian women author.The works of various women writing get not only was category of readers, but also receive a vast critical acclaim.

PERSONAL AS SOCIAL AND HISTORIC(AL) -WOMEN AND WRITING IN INDIA

South Asia Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2017

It is evident that the women"s status in India is indivisibly linked with the wider social status of India that no endorsement of women"s interests is possible without submitting to the varied socio-politico-cultural and religious issues of existence and survival. Also in India, a monolithic picture of women"s position is difficult to provide due to the multiplicity and complexity of its cultures and traditions. Another serious difficulty is of locating reliable sources which can help construct a profile of "Indian woman". This problem has been foregrounded by viewing history-social and literary-from the subaltern and feminist perspective. While on the one hand, historical documents that have been discovered and used by the "mainstream" scholars tend to be discriminatory, on the other hand, historians who attempted to build up history, from the very beginning, only perpetuated the patriarchal stance towards women and thereby paid little attention to the role of women in history, except while referring to the exceptional women. The enterprise of writing was undertaken by women all over the world as means to self-discovery and subversion of the established patriarchal ideologies. The endeavour that gained momentum from the 1970s facilitated not only a re-visioning of the stereotypical imaging of women in literary texts created till then, but engaged in a representation of women in alternative and more realistic images. The efforts of the subaltern and the feminist perspectives in relocating social and literary history in their subjective plurality deserve to be underscored.