The Interpolation of Feminism in the Novels of Carol Shields

Dr. C. Dhanabal, Prof. R. Priyanka

Abstract


For the purpose of this paper, Feminism is limited to the following perceptions of Feminism: Feminism is a long struggle for the recognition of Women’s Cultural roles and achievements and for her social and political rights. It is a movement for social, legal and cultural freedom. It is a transgressive, oppositional voice against cultural, economic and educational disabilities in a society dominated by men hindering or preventing women from actualizing their creative possibilities. It is a critique of the general culture that identifies a woman as negative object or the other to man. It negates the assumption that man represents the humanity.

The present discourse analysis of Carol Shields’ novels pertains only to the above stated feminist perceptions. The paper limits its scrutiny to the stance she signifies in her narrative-discourse. It is to find out if there are any transgressive acts which attempt at advancing a new social formation in favour of women and if it registers repressive acts committed against women. The paper also looks for subversive aspects of her texts and to identify the text’s intervention


Keywords


Transgressive voice, Discourse, Intervention, Interpolation.

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