A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”

August 2023
Vol-9, Issue-4
Paper ID: 21406
ISSN: 2395-4396
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Abstract & Details

Research Area
Language and Literature
Keywords
Feminism Dream Love Passion Sexuality Suffering Liberation.
Abstract
Feminism is an interdisciplinary approach to issues of equality and equity based on gender. This paper presents an attempt to study the female characters portrayed by Namita Gokhale’s debut novel Paro: Dreams of Passion (1984). In novel Priya and Paro are major female characters. Priya attempts to emancipate herself from marriage by manipulating men but falls short of Paro’s level of freedom. Paro is the narrative of the social butterfly who has been reduced to social shambles. She enslaves men with her beauty and seduces every man she meets in search of love. Namita occupies a distinction place with realism, liberation, fantasy, self quest, sexual autonomy and human relation. Both the female characters Priya and Paro have a different perspective about their life but both have dreams of passion, which cannot materialize. The novel ends with the death of both Priya and Paro. It is the work of fiction that challenges us to consider the feminist elements of Gokhale.

Author Information

# Name Institute / Affiliation
1 Priyanka Kumari L.N.M.U Darbhanga
2 Prof. Sunita Sinha Principal,Women’s College , Samastipur

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Kumari, Priyanka & Sinha, Prof. Sunita (2023). A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 9(4), 2838-2841.
MLA Style
Kumari, Priyanka, and Prof. Sunita Sinha. "A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 9, no. 4, 2023, pp. 2838-2841.
IEEE Style
Priyanka Kumari and Prof. Sunita Sinha, "A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 2838-2841, 2023.
Vancouver Style
Kumari Priyanka, Sinha Prof. Sunita. A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2023;9(4):2838-2841.
Harvard Style
Kumari, Priyanka & Sinha, Prof. Sunita (2023) 'A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 9(4), pp. 2838-2841.
Chicago Style
Kumari, Priyanka and Prof. Sunita Sinha. "A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 9, no. 4 (2023): 2838-2841.
Turabian Style
Kumari, Priyanka and Prof. Sunita Sinha. "A FEMINIST STUDY OF NAMITA GOKHALE’S “PARO: DREAMS OF PASSION”." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 9, no. 4 (2023): 2838-2841.

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