A Study in the Short Stories of Kamala Das

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ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-06-02 DOI:10.34293/english.v8i3.3225
Jai Tiwari
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The study has been able to ascertain and prove beyond doubt that Das’s prose works are of no less ranking than her poems and that she has effectively employed the short story form to present the predicaments of Indian womanhood and their quest for identity and self-assertion. The exhaustive evaluation and thorough scrutiny taking up various aspects of he stories right from her themes, structure and style, narrative techniques to her portrayal of Indian women, their status in society, and identity crisis have finally led to the emergence of the New Indian woman. Das’s feminist approach and overt outlook, along with the quest for a self-determined and self-affirmed identity for Indian women, have been well established through a methodical and exhaustive contemplation of the diverse women characters. The conclusion that emerges from this study undoubtedly corroborates and attests that Kamala Das’s name stands at par with the pioneer Indian woman short story writers. Das has efficiently and effectively used the short story genre as a document of social criticism and has established herself as a feminist crusader, campaigning to acquire for the Indian womanhood an independent identity and self-dignity. Das’s short story, with its innovative style and techniques, simple language, and concise form, has been brilliantly explored in discussing the problems facing Indian womanhood, especially her search for selfhood. Das has adeptly highlighted and presented her outlooks with the help of her characters. The fact that her English fictional work has remained obscure and un-honored is a sad story and a loss to literature.
卡玛拉·达斯短篇小说研究
这项研究已经能够确定并毫无疑问地证明,达斯的散文作品不亚于她的诗歌,她有效地运用了短篇小说的形式来呈现印度女性的困境以及她们对身份和自我主张的追求。从她的故事的主题、结构和风格、叙事技巧到她对印度妇女的描绘、她们在社会中的地位和身份危机等各个方面,对她的故事进行了详尽的评估和彻底的审视,最终导致了新印度妇女的出现。达斯的女权主义方法和公开的观点,以及对印度女性自我决定和自我肯定的身份的追求,都是通过对各种女性角色的系统而详尽的思考而建立起来的。这项研究得出的结论无疑证实和证明了卡玛拉·达斯的名字与印度女性短篇小说先驱作家不相上下。达斯有效地利用短篇小说类型作为社会批判的文献,并将自己定位为女权主义斗士,为印度女性获得独立的身份和自尊而战。达斯的短篇小说以其创新的风格和技巧,简洁的语言和简洁的形式,在讨论印度女性面临的问题,特别是她对自我的追求方面进行了精彩的探索。达斯巧妙地通过她的角色来突出和展示她的观点。事实上,她的英国小说作品一直默默无闻,不受尊重,这是一个悲伤的故事,也是文学的损失。
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期刊介绍: English is an internationally known journal of literary criticism, published on behalf of The English Association. Each issue contains essays on major works of English literature or on topics of general literary interest, aimed at readers within universities and colleges and presented in a lively and engaging style. There is a substantial review section, in which reviewers have space to situate a book within the context of recent developments in its field, and present a detailed argument. English is unusual among academic journals in publishing original poetry. This policy embodies the view that the critical and creative functions, often so widely separated in the teaching of English, can co-exist and cross-fertilise each other.
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