Monopolization of female psyche in The Lowland by Jumpha Lahiri.
Abstract : The Lowland is the second novel by Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It deals with a mother in Diaspora, Gauri, and her daughter ,Bela. Human character and their attitude to life are defined and revoluted by surroundings and circumstances in which they live.The transformation of their psyches are processed by such factors .This transformation have been critiqued in this paper. Gauri goes through a development process which is metamorphic in nature. Cultural hegemony, social oppression of women, cross-cultural alienation, economic emancipation of women, nihilism and traumatic memories lend much to the complex narrative of the novel. This paper traces the monopolization, emotional segregation and traumatic fear of the female protagonist Gauri .Her aberration from the conventional image of women created by the orthodox society that defines women’s sole identity is to produce human species and to be care takers.She emancipates herself from the claustrophobic norms and social constraints thrust upon her. This paper studies the growing awareness among women regarding their desires, self-definition, …show more content…
Lahiri had received multiple degrees : an M.A. in English, M.F.A. in Creative Writing, M.A. in Comparative Literature, and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies. Lahiri has taught creative writing at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design.In 2001, Lahiri married a journalist , Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush. The couple lives in Italy with their two children. Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies (1999),a collection of short stories won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was made into a popular film .Lahiri's second collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, was released in 2008. The Lowland was published in 2013.It is long listed for the man booker prize
Abstract : The Lowland is the second novel by Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It deals with a mother in Diaspora, Gauri, and her daughter ,Bela. Human character and their attitude to life are defined and revoluted by surroundings and circumstances in which they live.The transformation of their psyches are processed by such factors .This transformation have been critiqued in this paper. Gauri goes through a development process which is metamorphic in nature. Cultural hegemony, social oppression of women, cross-cultural alienation, economic emancipation of women, nihilism and traumatic memories lend much to the complex narrative of the novel. This paper traces the monopolization, emotional segregation and traumatic fear of the female protagonist Gauri .Her aberration from the conventional image of women created by the orthodox society that defines women’s sole identity is to produce human species and to be care takers.She emancipates herself from the claustrophobic norms and social constraints thrust upon her. This paper studies the growing awareness among women regarding their desires, self-definition, …show more content…
Lahiri had received multiple degrees : an M.A. in English, M.F.A. in Creative Writing, M.A. in Comparative Literature, and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies. Lahiri has taught creative writing at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design.In 2001, Lahiri married a journalist , Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush. The couple lives in Italy with their two children. Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies (1999),a collection of short stories won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was made into a popular film .Lahiri's second collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, was released in 2008. The Lowland was published in 2013.It is long listed for the man booker prize