Liberation: Defined By Women in Shobha De's Novels
Exploring the Liberation of Women in Shobha De's Novels
by Dr. Ragini Sharma*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 16, Issue No. 6, May 2019, Pages 721 - 723 (3)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Indian women writers have played a pivotal role in voicing the opinions and desires of Indian women. Shobha De is well known columnist and a frank writer of any social issue. Her novels always deals with the life of socialites that is filled with depiction of sex. Her controversial writing brought back much criticism. De's Contribution to Indian English Literature is worthful because it introduces a new variety of women writing. The article is written by referring some of the eminent person's articles and books to make clear about the concept of liberation. This article and reviews provide a large support to justify Shobha De as a versatile writer. A broader evaluation of her work reveals her protest against the good old image of women who can't live the way she wants to and do things the way she wants to. Women in her novels are represented as sexually liberated and free thinkers who have been termed as 'New Woman'. There so called new women are much more physically active and athletically strong than their mother's. Feminist-New Style, a journal (1927) declared that The new woman is a blend of physical freedom, sexuality and stamina with feminist self-assertiveness and traditional domestic feminist, a woman who can combine pleasure, career and marriage. They are eager to participate in pleasure as they would do in play, work etc.
KEYWORD
liberation, women, Shobha De, novels, Indian women writers, social issues, controversial writing, Indian English Literature, women writing, sexually liberated, New Woman, feminist self-assertiveness, traditional domestic feminism