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A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF PRATIBHA RAY’S NOVEL NISHIDDHA PRITHIVI
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Author(s):
JHARANA RANI DH.MAJHI
Vol - 4, Issue- 1 ,
Page(s) : 414 - 421
(2013 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ
Abstract
A literary text is bound to be located in a definite socio-cultural context producing ideological positions, both explicit and implicit that makes a reading or interpretation meaningful. Hence, in this article an attempt would be made to interpret the novel Nishiddha Prithivi by the acclaimed Oriya novelist Pratibha Ray from a feminist perspective by investigating the politics of gender in the novel in its treatment of theme like love, sex, marriage, individual identity, characterization, dialogue, narrative technique, images, simile, and metaphors
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