Visual Feminization in Regional Literature: A Study of Rajeshwari in Maidanam

Authors

  • S.D. Sasi Kiran Associate Professor, Vignan University, Vadlamudi, Guntur Dist., AP

Keywords:

Protagonist, Patriarchal, Semiotics

Abstract

This paper depicts the wakening of women through Chalam’s Rajeswari, the female protagonist of Maidanam who strives to subvert the phallic centric social order by re-examining patriarchal canons and by finding an alternative semiotics of the body and beyond.

References

Chalam. Maidanam. Vijayawada: Aruna Publishing House, 2006.

Prajaa Saahiti. May, 1979.

Venkata, Subbiah. G. Chalam. Jivitham and Sahityam. Secunderabad: Desi Pubs, 1962.

Vidyeswari. D. Telugu Navala: Manovisleshana. Hyderabad: Nithin Enterprises, 1980.

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Published

01-07-2014

How to Cite

S.D. Sasi Kiran. (2014). Visual Feminization in Regional Literature: A Study of Rajeshwari in Maidanam. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 6(1), 2–11. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL060102

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): July

Section

Research Articles