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 art of fiction writing was one of the most notable benediction of English education to India. The fashionable cousin of poetry, the novel, as we know is was an importation from the west. Many a voice of women in the arena of literature during the last few decades made their distinctive mark, with their introspective perception of life-be it .feminine, or feminist or female.' They explored the new dimensions of reality and tried to probe the issue of self definition faced by women in the traditional patriarchal society. In doing so, they created the New Woman who tries to resolve the issues by redefining the positive aspects of womanhood. As Gilligan points out, ¨DWhen the observer is a woman, the perspective may be of a different sort¡¬(Gillian,1982:5)
