Exploration Of Female Self In Carol Shields’ Small Ceremonies And Swann: A Mystery

Dr. K. Shanmuga Sundara Raj

Abstract


Women have always tried to delineate their identities in a variety of contexts as writers, academics, social reformers and revolutionaries. The female characters in Carol Shields’ novels explore their social status.  The brilliance of the female characters in their professions and their identity and accolades, the roles they play within and outside of the family have always become a cynosure in the midst of the male characters.  This paper aims to examine and capture the women’s endeavour in Small Ceremonies and Swann: A Mystery.


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Small Ceremonies, Swann: A Mystery, Carol Shields, women identity and female Self.

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