The Novels of Manju Kapur and Arundhati Roy A Feminist Study of Comparison

Abstract

This work offers an inclusive comparative study of the novels written by Manju Kapur and Arundhati Roy highlighting rational and pragmatic approach towards the feminism. In this research a mixture of methods have been used including socio-cultural, feministic and psychological approach. newlineThe term Feminism has its origin from the Latin Femina meaning woman and thereby refers to the advocacy of women s rights, status and power at par with men on the grounds of equality of Sexes . The term became popular from the early twentieth century that struggled for securing Women s suffrage in the western countries and well later in India. newline