FEMINISM IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S NOVELS: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO TRINITY COLLEGE (ITALY) In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH Submitted by: Shailaja A. Patil Lecturer in English 1 HKE’ SMT. V.G. COLLEGE FOR WOMEN‚ GULBARGA Dedicated To Sai Samarth My Parents Late Prof A.U.Patil‚ Smt Laxmidevi A.Patil. My Parents-in-law Late Shri Neelkantappa Mugali and Late Smt Ambavou Mugali. To my dear husband Dr.R.N.Mugali. And my son Avinsh.R.Mugali. For Without
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emancipation of the whole sex‚” (Wollstonecraft 253) she declared. “Let woman share the rights‚ and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated” (281). Mary Wollstonecraft is often referred to as the Mother of Feminism‚ and her beliefs produced a major shift in the way women were viewed. She inspired change throughout the Western world. If she had not challenged the status quo‚ modern women would not enjoy the liberties
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. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory Fifth edition RAMAN SELDEN PETER WIDDOWSON PETER BROOKER . A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory . . A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory FIFTH EDITION Raman Selden Peter Widdowson Peter Brooker . PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED Edinburgh Gate Harlow CM20 2JE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1279 623623 Fax: +44 (0)1279 431059 Website: www.pearsoned.co.uk Fifth edition published in Great Britain in
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Ecofeminism in the 21st Century Relevance in the Modern Era Insert Name Insert Date Contents Abstract This paper will seek to investigate the relevance of ecofeminism in the 21st century. While there has been less exposure as of late‚ I would argue that ecofeminism is still a relevant school of thought‚ and as we are now facing climate change as the predominant threat to humankind‚ although sidelined within feminist theory because of critiques
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John Boynton Priestley was born into a socialist family in 1894‚ and so lived through the end of the Victorian era and into the 20th century. In 1910 he worked in a textile factory as a clerk‚ and so was a bystander to the discriminations of the time rich and poor‚ men and women and‚ as a socialist‚ was affected by them. Living in Bradford also gave him a good foundation with which to build up the kind of setting a family like the Birlings would have lived in. Unfortunately for him‚ when war broke
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Bibliography: ^Butler‚ Judith .1999. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Subversive bodily acts‚ IV Bodily Inscriptions‚ Performative Subversions). New York: Routledge. p. 179. Butler‚ Judith. 1993. Bodies that Matter. On the Discursive Limits of Sex. London and New York: Routledge.Butler
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Bryant‚ J.‚ & Thompson‚ S. (2002). Fundamentals of media effects(Chapter 4). Boston‚ MA: McGraw-Hill. Hodkinson‚ P. (2011). Media‚ culture‚ and society: An introduction(Chapter 11‚ pp.219-242). Los Angeles‚ CA: Sage. Cantor‚ M. G. (1988). Feminism and the media.Society‚ 25(5)‚ 76-81.
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Under the influence of many songs like “You Don’t Own Me”‚ women in the society started to take the revolutionary thoughts into actions. One of the most pioneering feminist leaders was Gloria Steinem. After graduating from Smith College in 1956‚ Steinem chose to travel to India and continue to study instead of getting married as many other women at the time‚ and later‚ she established her career as a freelance writer. One of her most famous article was about her experience in the New York City’s
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In the Elizabethan era women were portrayed as less than equals to men. Male seemed to be the dominate gender and women were to be seen-not-heard. They existed within a patriarchal society. As a feminist himself‚ Shakespeare shows through his plays how women are ill treated and powerless; yet possess more intelligence than the male characters. This is why Shakespeare creates overwhelming female characters; which is evident in Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ where the lead female character
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Marissa Cavanaugh For countless years‚ women have been subject to follow tradition and those who break that tradition would suffer the consequences. However‚ in literature‚ there are female characters who have the strength to overcome and break tradition. For instance‚ the main character and protagonist‚ Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ and the main character‚ Dominique Francon‚ in Ayn Rand’s novel‚ The Fountainhead‚ refuse to conform to what is societies view of tradition
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