Feminism In The Novels Of Margaret Atwood And Shashi Deshpande

Postmodernism is a cultural phenomenon that reflects profound changes in society and culture within which it is strongly rooted. One of the givens that postmodernism question is the concept of the self, the unitary self. Postmodernism opposes essentialism and decanonizes master codes, hence the relation between postmodernism and feminist agenda is quite significant.
The paper proposes to examine the woman’s discourse with reference to post feminist perceptive in the novels of two different novelists,Margaret Atwood and Shashi Deshpande belonging to different countries,different social backgrounds and different cultures.
The moment in these novels belong to post feminist phase and proclaim their womanhood in a bold manner. The new women of

They seem to justify the observation that women are natural story tellers. Margaret Atwood, herself a celebrated novelist, too seems to subscribe to this view when she comments that with their skills in communication women are extremely good at finding things out and so providing themselves with material.
In keeping with the trend set up in this field by the pioneer, namely Margaret Atwood and Shashi Deshpande weave their narratives around female protagonists and delineate their struggle as neutral observers. These novelists write in a context of increased activity and new possibility. Even though preoccupied with the personal life of their protagonists, these writers also address social and intellectual

She presents a modern form of woman hunting that aims at subjugating woman’s power that is her fertility. Atwood a sensitive and consciously self-aware writer explores and expresses the subjugating of women in a patriarchal society . She believes that the silencing of women victimization is not only through patriarchal attitudes but also through woman’s consciousness. People who are after power cannot tolerate imagination, power to communicate and hope. In order to combat it, one should recognize the source of oppression, express anger and find ways for