Construction Of A New Voice In Indian And Afro-American Female Novelists

Abstract

It is true that the female voice has been prominently reflected in various activities duringpost-modernism. Post –modernism forbears certain characteristics that are unique and distinct with respect to the growth of women. May be it is the literary personality or the woman who carries the household chores. All become thinkers and the torch-bearers of a new mind set who have the potential of imbibing a new ideology and philosophising the same. The universal acknowledgement of the dawn of the new woman is reflected in the major works of Indian and Afro-American writers. The abolition of slavery and colonization has deeply traumatized the modern woman who is all eager to get her own path of liberation in terms of morality principles and forher equality in society. Postmodernism is the right lens to view the works that discuss the complexities of man with his society, religion and also with himself. Gloria Naylor, an acclaimed novelist of African American Literature, has taken daring efforts to depict the precise picture of her society and women. The women protagonists are seen in contrast, in Indian writer ManjuKapur and Gloria Naylor, an Afro-American writer. The middle classeducated female becomes optimistic yet challenging and becomes fortunate who is in contrast to the women-folk who face triple-jeopardy and thus are unfortunate bearing the circumstantial pressure and ultimately have to find an alternative way for their survival.