Paper IV : Myth, Memory and Marginality in the Selected Works of Namita Gokhale and Kavita Kane

Paper Code: 
ENG 144 (B)
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
60/per sem
Max. Marks: 
100
Unit I: 
Unit I

Myth and Meaning: Representation(s) in Literature

  • “Introduction” from Myth and Memory in Contemporary Indian Literature (2010) by K. Satchidanandan Das

 

  • “Myths are Forever” by Sukrita Paul Kumar in The Hindu: Literary Review (2015)

 

Unit II: 
Unit II

 Memory and History: The Remembered Past

  • “Introduction: Rewriting the Past – Memory, History and the Indo-English Novel of the 1980s and 1990s". Transcultural Memory and Globalised Modernity in Contemporary Indo-English Novels, Berlin, München, Boston: De Gruyter, 2015, pp. 1-12.

 

  • “Conclusion: Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories". Transcultural Memory and Globalised Modernity in Contemporary Indo-English Novels, Berlin, München, Boston: De Gruyter, 2015, pp. 182-84. 

 

Unit III: 
Unit III

 Marginality: Perspectives and Voices

  • “Introduction” from Understanding Marginality: Cultural and Literary Perspectives (2022) by S. Agarwal et al.

 

  • “Preface” from On the Fringes: Marginalized Voices in English Literature (2012) by Arvind Nawale & Sheeba Rakesh

 

Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Selected Fictional and Non-Fictional Works by Namita Gokhale

  • In Search of Sita (2009)
  • Things to Leave Behind (2016)
  • Finding Radha: The Quest for Love (2018)

 

Unit V: 
Unit V

Selected Fictional Works by Kavita Kane

  • Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen (2013)
  • Sita's Sister (2014)
  • Lanka's Princess (2016)

 

Source Books: 

Suggested Readings:

Asha, M., and R. Nandini. "Retrieval of Female Subjectivity in Indian English Writing: Kavita Kane’s Feministic Concerns." Infokara Research 8.11 (2019): 2390-93.

Bhuvaneswari, R., and LD Easter Raj Densingh."The Contours of Metaphysics and Historiography in Namita Gokhale’s Things to Leave Behind." Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 17.4 (2022): 3243-49.             

Chanana, Kuhu. "An Exploration of the Repressive Module of Sexuality in Modern Indian Women Writers: Namita Gokhale, Krishna Sobti and Ismat Chugtai." Indian Literature 49.6 (2005): 162-76.

Chakraborti, Shruti. "Subverting Patriarchal Interpretation of the Ramayan through a Feminist Lens: A Critical Study of Sita’s Ramayana." Journal of International Women's Studies 24.2 (2022): 157-72.

Ghale, Bandana. “Gender Expression in Kavita Kane’s Karna’s Wife: The Outcast Queen.” Diss. Department of English, Tribhuvan University Central Library, 2021.

Mandal, Dipak K. "Revisiting the Ramayana: An Analysis of Kavita Kane’s Lanka’s Princess."AdLitteram: An English Journal of International Literati (2021) Vol. 6, 15-23.    

Parvathy, B. M. "Myth Revisionism and the Reclamation of Lost Voices: A Critique of the Recontextualization of Stereotypes in Selected Literary Texts." International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Review 1.2 (2021): 73-80.

Priyadharshini, P., et al. "Feminism: An Exploration of the Pragmatics of Women’s Lives in Namita Gokhale’s Works." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 12.2 (2022): 395-99.

Ravaliya, Nirali Laxmanbhai. "Mapping the Reiteration of Mythical Tales in Indian Literature during Post-Independent and Modern Times." Vidhyayana-An International Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed E-Journal 7.4 (2022).                

SubaVetha, P., and S. Karthika."Belonging and Alienation of the Marginalized in Karna’s Wifr: The Outcast’s Queen." JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory Vol. XIII, Issue III (2020): 1386-89.

Sharma, Poonam, and Nitin Bhatnagar. "Urmila of Kavita Kane’s Sita’s Sister: A Paradigm of a Contemporary Indian Woman." Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government 27.1 (2021): 3367-75.     

Singh, Vikram. "Reclaiming Female Identity: Feminist Retellings of the Hindu Epics." The Criterion: An International e-Journal in English 8.2 (2017): 380-86.

Srinath, C. N. "Myth in Contemporary Indian Fiction in English." Indian Literature 47.2 (2003): 149-59.

Tiwari, Soumya. "Emergence of Modern Women in Namita Gokhale’s Gods, Graves and Grandmother: A Perspective”. International Journal of English and Studies. Vol. 3, Issue 5 (2021): 123-33.

Vohra, Shalini, and Sunita Bhola."Representing Mysticism:  Select Writings of Namita Gokhale.” International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences Vol.7, Issue 4 (2022): 94-99.

Vijayan, Vidhya. "Unveiling the Doubly Marginalised: A Feminist Reading of Kavita Kane’s Karna’s Wife and Sita’s Sister." Literary Endeavour 10.4 (2018): 136-42.

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023