(Central University of Punjab, 2013) Vandana; Saini, Alpna
The present research offers a comparative study of Githa Hariharan's novel The
Thousand Faces of Night and Mahasweta Devi's stories ''Draupadi'' and ''Breastgiver''.
The focus of the analysis will be on the interpretative use of mythology from
feministic perspective underlining women's oppression and predicament in a
patriarchal society. Both the writers take mythological tales as patriarchal discourses
with implied patriarchal stance and tend to revise these tales with altered ends to
give voice to the silenced female perspective. The study explores how by
reinterpreting mythical tales from feministic perspective, both writers Githa Hariharan
and Mahasweta Devi inclusively expose and question women's suppression in a
male-dominated set up.
