Male-Female Dichotomy In the Novels of Anita Desai

Exploring Marital Relationships in Anita Desai's Novels

Authors

  • Shobha S M Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University

Keywords:

male-female dichotomy, novels, Anita Desai, tension, husband and wife, incompatibility, temperament, marital relationship, self-fulfillment, self-knowledge

Abstract

The theme of the male-female dichotomy, the tensionbetween husband and wife, because of the incompatibility in their temperamentis present in many of Anita Desai’s novels. She is not interested inpre-marital relationship between man and woman but deals with the problems ofmarital relationship in all its dimensions and manifestations. Marriage whichis a means of self-fulfillment and self-knowledge eludes most women and failsto come up to their anticipation and aspirations.

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Published

2011-10-01

How to Cite

[1]
“Male-Female Dichotomy In the Novels of Anita Desai: Exploring Marital Relationships in Anita Desai’s Novels”, JASRAE, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2011, Accessed: Aug. 04, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4054

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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Articles

How to Cite

[1]
“Male-Female Dichotomy In the Novels of Anita Desai: Exploring Marital Relationships in Anita Desai’s Novels”, JASRAE, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2011, Accessed: Aug. 04, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4054