EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF FEMINISM IN MANJU KAPUR’S NOVELS

Abstract

The novels of Kapur follow the common pattern in English of contemporary Indian women’s literature. The middle one focus of her novels concentrates around woman characters within the territory of home and society. Like her illustrated contemporaries, Kapur too has fore grounded women's lives in her novels which depict both the external and internal dimensions of female-community. Out of her five novels, only three novels-Difficult Daughters, A Married Woman and Home incorporate the theme of female bonding in varying shades and degrees. These novels offer a fascinating glimpse into women's consciousness and their interrelations. Her female protagonists forge bonds or make attempts to do so as a strategy of survival and empowerment in contemporary society marked by unforeseen social change.