Woman in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande: A Study

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In this book an attempt is, therefore, made to study Shashi Deshpandeâ€™s women protagonists, as portrayed by her in her novels, with a view to understand and appreciate their trails and tribulations under the impact of the conflicting influence of tradition and modernity and to critically analyze their response to the emerging situation in life so as to fit themselves in the contemporary society. Without probing deeply into the novelistâ€™s conviction of what would serve as the ideal panacea for the different kinds of challenges her characters have had to contend with, in the given situations. The book is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter is introductory in nature. The subsequent five chapters deal with the five women protagonistsâ€”Indu, Saru, Jaya, Urmila and Sumiâ€”who, finding themselves trapped in the roles assigned to them by the society, attempt to assert the individuality. Sensitive to the changing times and situations, they revolt against the traditions in their search for freedom. They succeed in achieving self-identity and independence and choose their partners in life to live with in pursuance of their felt need to lead a family life. At the end of the book a live discussion and interview with Shashi Deshpande is presented.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Prasanna Sree

Dr. S Prasanna Sree is an Associate, Professor, in the Department of English, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam. Earlier she was at Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam, Tirupathi as Associate Professor, in the department of English (1987-2000). She has co-authored a book titled English for Career Development as a part of her team work project under ODA's Sponsorship with the University of Manchester, U.K. She is a scholar, critic and a poet. Her poetic career began with the publication of her first volume of poems in 1990 under the title Time's Test and Other Poems. Her second volume was brought out in 1992 with the title Ripples on Still Water, Misty Magma another collection of poems in 1999. Her latest collection of poems is entitled as Whispers Within, published in 2002. She has participated and presented papers in various National and International seminars and has published articles in the field of Indian Writing in English, Canadian Literature, Black Literature, Common wealth Literature. She is an active member in various National and International academic, cultural, social organizations.