Volume III Special Issue I January 2023

Name of Author : Fathima Nourine

Title of the paper : Redefining Women in Contemporary Indian English Fiction: Reading the novel Undertow by Jahnavi Barua

Abstract: Women in Indian English fiction were portrayed as self-sacrificial figures in the domestic sphere for ages. The contemporary Indian English women writers try to break such stereotypical patriarchal representation of women, reconsidering the established notion of women as submissive, weak, and dependent by breaking traditional gender roles, focusing more on her individuality, relation with men in her life, and her life choices, all in true colors. They liberate women in fiction from societal constraints helping them to seek their inner selves. This paper tries to examine the representation of women in Indian English women writer Jahnavi Barua’s novel UNDERTOW, emphasizing the transformation of the women in her fiction, shattering patriarchy and the unrealistic portrayal of motherhood, and producing an empowered version of women finding themselves and her solace in nature

Keywords : Woman, Motherhood, Patriarchy, Empowerment, Nature

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Page Number : 65-68