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The aim of this paper is to analyse women’s state in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day. In both novels, women struggle with the world they live in because of their womanhood. Their situation can be discussed briefly in terms of Gayatri Spivak’s famous essay, “Can the Subaltern Speak?”

The Position of Women in Arundhati Roy’s the God of Small Things and Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day

Middle East Technical University 06800 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey

Gender Studies

The aim of this paper is to analyse women’s state in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day. In both novels, women...

The Position of Women in Arundhati Roy’s the God of Small Things and Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day

Published Online: Dec 28, 2012

Page range: 124 - 130

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0011-z

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