期刊名称：Lapis Lazuli : an International Literary Journal
电子版ISSN：2249-4529
出版年度：2011
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Pinter Society of India
摘要：The comparative method of studying a piece of work invites a host of associations involving a great scope. A comparative study of literary works casts a qualitative impression on the readers and touches the fringe of their hearts. The variety of literatures reflects a regionally diverse and multicultural society. Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Shashi Deshpande's That Long Silence are the two novels taken for comparative study. Both novels are an effort of these two writers to break the long silence that has surrounded women, their experiences and their world. The present study traces the female protagonist's passage through a plethora of self doubts , fears, guilt, smothered anger and oppression of individuality and silence towards affirmation and individuality
