• DR.C.SUGANTHY

Shashi Deshpande, a prominent novelist in the contemporary Indian literature in English, depicts realistically and psychology the innermost feelings of the women’s self and craving for self dignity in the society where they live-in .she has expressed the ambivalent attitude of contemporary independent minded Indian women through Jaya. She makes a move of her women character from self-abnegation to self-realization. Their experiences compel them to struggle for their self-emancipation. Jaya is tolerant, submissive and taciturn, but the admixture of brilliance and creativity introduces complexity in her character by providing her an individual identity. This paper aims to investigate the transformation of Jaya from the state of silence to self-realization, which sounds highly feministic in approach.

Abnegation, Patriarchy, Subordination, Marital disharmony

"FEMINISTIC STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY IN SHASHI DESHPANDE'S “THAT LONG SILENCE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.9-12, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBA06003.pdf

"FEMINISTIC STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY IN SHASHI DESHPANDE'S “THAT LONG SILENCE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp9-12, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBA06003.pdf