Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Sep 28, 2013
In the Indian context, several feminists have realized that the subject of woman’s emancipation s... more In the Indian context, several feminists have realized that the subject of woman’s emancipation should not be reduced to the contradictions between man and woman. In order to liberate herself, the woman needs to empower herself to confront different institutional structures and cultural practices that subject herself to patriarchal domination and control. This research paper analyses how the Indian English fiction writer, Githa Hariharan uses the genre of fiction as a medium to transmit the culture to learners exhibiting the Indian myths in a detailed manner, proves myth making a survival strategy and shows how woman survive even in the odd situations of her life and examines the survival tactic of women characters.
Indian English women poetry can be viewed as an attempt at self- revelation, as there are determi... more Indian English women poetry can be viewed as an attempt at self- revelation, as there are determined efforts on the part of the women poets to carve out an individual space of their own in the familial as well as social life. Women poets of the postindependence era include Mamta Kalia, Sunita Jain, Gauri Deshpande, Suniti Namjoshi, Imtiaz Dharkar, Melanie Silgardo, Eunice de Souza and so on. They give voice to their dissatisfaction, bitterness, and frustration. Eunice de Souza is one of the most famous confessional poets of second half of twentieth century. Her poetry allow us to peep into her sufferings and tortured psyche on the one hand and the paradox and complexity of the female psyche on the other hand. She reveals the tensions and frustrations which a woman faces because of the discrepancy between the way she wants to behave and the way she is made to behave. De Souza‘s dealing with love and sexuality in her poems show how she is dissatisfied with the society which demands si...
Sylvia Plath is one of the most powerful confessional poets. She wrote in a time when women were ... more Sylvia Plath is one of the most powerful confessional poets. She wrote in a time when women were still dominated by men. Within the patriarchal society women had to play set roles, they were to remain in the kitchen and were never to speak an unwanted opinion. Hence, Plath and the woman she portrays in her poems felt suffocated within these domestic prisons and were desperate to create a role for themselves outside the dominating misogynist role. Gender roles are portrayed in most of the poems of Sylvia Plath. Plath’s extensive assessment of gender-roles is based on her father’s death and her divorce from Ted Hughes. Bawer has correctly acclaimed that “Plath was the mouthpiece of a movement embodying an independent woman oppressed by man in her whole life” (Quoted in Wagner Martin 20). Gender roles in her writing focus not her position as single mother, forced into a domestic setting to care for her children alone. The suffocation that Plath experienced can easily be rooted the hist...
Confessional poetry is an expression of personality and never escape from it. The personal life o... more Confessional poetry is an expression of personality and never escape from it. The personal life of the poet under the stress of psychological crisis, sex, family life, private humiliation and psychological state of mind are the major concerns in this kind of poetry. The expression of personal pain has been regarded as the hallmark of confessional poetry. It chiefly deals with personal experiences, trauma, depression, psychological break-down and the relationships articulated through a new kind of rhythm and mode of expression. Psychoanalysis acts both as a means of self-analysis and as a literacy device. It enables consideration of the poet not only in terms of the straightforward narration of his/her life, but also in relation to his/her poetic language and the process of creativity. Hence, in order to study the confessional poetry psychoanalytic literary approach objectively plays a significant role.
Confessional poetry is the poetry of personal or ‘I’. It is the poetry which springs from the per... more Confessional poetry is the poetry of personal or ‘I’. It is the poetry which springs from the personal life of the poet. Private experiences, alcoholism, masturbation, and feelings about trauma, depression, relationship and suicidal attempts are expressed in this poetry, often in an autobiographical manner. The poet reveals directly or indirectly his or her own experiences, problems and psychological complex in his or her poetry. While these poems frequently engage in what is repressed, hidden and falsified, defining them as ‘confessional’ undermines the creative ability of the writer to construct a persona or imaginary scenario that is separate from their lives. The new poets adopted personal history or autobiography as their central theme and direct expression as their method. The confessional style of writing is associated with Robert Lowell, W. D. Snodgrass, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath etc. In 1967, M. L. Rosenthal wrote: The term ‘confessional poetry’ came naturall...
Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Sep 28, 2013
In the Indian context, several feminists have realized that the subject of woman’s emancipation s... more In the Indian context, several feminists have realized that the subject of woman’s emancipation should not be reduced to the contradictions between man and woman. In order to liberate herself, the woman needs to empower herself to confront different institutional structures and cultural practices that subject herself to patriarchal domination and control. This research paper analyses how the Indian English fiction writer, Githa Hariharan uses the genre of fiction as a medium to transmit the culture to learners exhibiting the Indian myths in a detailed manner, proves myth making a survival strategy and shows how woman survive even in the odd situations of her life and examines the survival tactic of women characters.
Indian English women poetry can be viewed as an attempt at self- revelation, as there are determi... more Indian English women poetry can be viewed as an attempt at self- revelation, as there are determined efforts on the part of the women poets to carve out an individual space of their own in the familial as well as social life. Women poets of the postindependence era include Mamta Kalia, Sunita Jain, Gauri Deshpande, Suniti Namjoshi, Imtiaz Dharkar, Melanie Silgardo, Eunice de Souza and so on. They give voice to their dissatisfaction, bitterness, and frustration. Eunice de Souza is one of the most famous confessional poets of second half of twentieth century. Her poetry allow us to peep into her sufferings and tortured psyche on the one hand and the paradox and complexity of the female psyche on the other hand. She reveals the tensions and frustrations which a woman faces because of the discrepancy between the way she wants to behave and the way she is made to behave. De Souza‘s dealing with love and sexuality in her poems show how she is dissatisfied with the society which demands si...
Sylvia Plath is one of the most powerful confessional poets. She wrote in a time when women were ... more Sylvia Plath is one of the most powerful confessional poets. She wrote in a time when women were still dominated by men. Within the patriarchal society women had to play set roles, they were to remain in the kitchen and were never to speak an unwanted opinion. Hence, Plath and the woman she portrays in her poems felt suffocated within these domestic prisons and were desperate to create a role for themselves outside the dominating misogynist role. Gender roles are portrayed in most of the poems of Sylvia Plath. Plath’s extensive assessment of gender-roles is based on her father’s death and her divorce from Ted Hughes. Bawer has correctly acclaimed that “Plath was the mouthpiece of a movement embodying an independent woman oppressed by man in her whole life” (Quoted in Wagner Martin 20). Gender roles in her writing focus not her position as single mother, forced into a domestic setting to care for her children alone. The suffocation that Plath experienced can easily be rooted the hist...
Confessional poetry is an expression of personality and never escape from it. The personal life o... more Confessional poetry is an expression of personality and never escape from it. The personal life of the poet under the stress of psychological crisis, sex, family life, private humiliation and psychological state of mind are the major concerns in this kind of poetry. The expression of personal pain has been regarded as the hallmark of confessional poetry. It chiefly deals with personal experiences, trauma, depression, psychological break-down and the relationships articulated through a new kind of rhythm and mode of expression. Psychoanalysis acts both as a means of self-analysis and as a literacy device. It enables consideration of the poet not only in terms of the straightforward narration of his/her life, but also in relation to his/her poetic language and the process of creativity. Hence, in order to study the confessional poetry psychoanalytic literary approach objectively plays a significant role.
Confessional poetry is the poetry of personal or ‘I’. It is the poetry which springs from the per... more Confessional poetry is the poetry of personal or ‘I’. It is the poetry which springs from the personal life of the poet. Private experiences, alcoholism, masturbation, and feelings about trauma, depression, relationship and suicidal attempts are expressed in this poetry, often in an autobiographical manner. The poet reveals directly or indirectly his or her own experiences, problems and psychological complex in his or her poetry. While these poems frequently engage in what is repressed, hidden and falsified, defining them as ‘confessional’ undermines the creative ability of the writer to construct a persona or imaginary scenario that is separate from their lives. The new poets adopted personal history or autobiography as their central theme and direct expression as their method. The confessional style of writing is associated with Robert Lowell, W. D. Snodgrass, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath etc. In 1967, M. L. Rosenthal wrote: The term ‘confessional poetry’ came naturall...
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