Inter-Relationship between Women and Nature: A Critical Study of the Fictions of Anita Desai

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v9i12.11228 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Tejaswini Behera

Keyword(s):

Critical Study ◽

Male Partners ◽

Anita Desai ◽

Female Protagonists ◽

Natural Objects

The inward or inner agony, pressure and any other issues of women life are reflected in a peculiar way through the Nature or its natural objects of as we can clearly point out in the novels of Anita Desai. The female protagonists of the novels of Anita Desai could not express their inner feelings before their male partners or anybody as they express themselves properly and smoothly through Nature and its different Natural objects. In other words, we can say that life of the women protagonists in the novels of Anita Desai and Nature are closely connected with each other. As Nature and women both have the power of nurturing and sustenance, which means both of them carry maximum similar feminine qualities. So to maintain peace and equality in the society, we should have to understand the inward feelings of both women and Nature.

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Analysis of Psychological and Verbal Pattern of Female Protagonists in Anita Desai's Fiction

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrst196254 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 306-310

Author(s):

Dr. Pinky

Keyword(s):

Anita Desai ◽

Psychological Disturbance ◽

Female Protagonists ◽

Human Psyche

Anita Desai likes to reach the depth of human psyche. Anita Desai discards the traditional, worn out eternal realism and dives deep into the minds of her protagonists to examine the values and principles that they live by. Even when she probes man’s relationship with his socials milieu, her stress falls on her characters’ private instincts and intuitions, feelings and emotions. All her characters are shown on one hand struggling with the changed realities of Indian life. In their neurotic condition they fail to adjust themselves to the harsh realities of life and they react aggressively and sometimes they don’t react and agree to strike a compromise with their situation after getting no other way. But both situations cause psychological disturbance and this is the case with Anita Desai’s protagonists.

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Imagery in the Novels of Anita Desai: A Critical Study

World Literature Today ◽

10.2307/40139375 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 363

Author(s):

Madhusudan Prasad

Keyword(s):

Critical Study ◽

Anita Desai

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Animals as a medium of revenge: A critical study on the selected fictional works of Anita Desai.

Adalya Journal ◽

10.37896/aj9.7/035 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

Keyword(s):

Critical Study ◽

Anita Desai

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Funny Girls

10.14325/mississippi/9781496820730.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Michelle Ann Abate

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Material Culture ◽

The United States ◽

Young Female ◽

Critical Study ◽

Political Issues ◽

Female Protagonists ◽

Wide Range ◽

And Gender ◽

National Attitudes

Funny Girls: Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics is the first full-length critical study to examine the important cadre of young female protagonists that permeated US newspapers strips and comics books during the first half of the twentieth century.Many of the earliest, most successful, and most influential titles from this era featured elementary-aged girls as their central characters, such as Little Orphan Annie, Nancy, and Little Lulu. Far from embodying a now-forgotten facet of twentieth century print culture, these figures remain icons ofUS popular and material culture. Recognizing the cadre of Funny Girls who played such a significant role in the popular appeal and commercial success of American comics during the first half of the twentieth century challenges longstanding perceptions about the gender dynamics operating during this era.In addition, they provide information about a wide range of socio-political issues, including the popular perceptions about children, mainstream representations of girlhood, and changing national attitudes regarding youth and youth culture.Finally, but just as importantly, strips like Little Lulu, Little Orphan Annie, and Nancy also shed light on another major phenomenon within comics:branding, licensing, and merchandising. In discussing these are other issues, Funny Girls gives much needed attention to an influential, but long neglected, aspect of comics history in the United States.

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