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Muskan, Sharma, and Jyoti Jayal Dr. "Draupadi Reimagined: Using Feminist Stylistics and Écriture Féminine in Song of Draupadi." Rubrics 7, no. 5 (2025): 16–26. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15593924.

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This article critically analyses The<em> Song of Draupadi</em> by Ira Mukhoty through the dual lenses of Feminist Stylistics as proposed by Sara Mills and Écriture Féminine as theorised by Hélène Cixous. Recasting Draupadi not as a passive mythological figure but as a complex, embodied subject, Mukhoty disrupts the traditional patriarchal narrative of the <em>Mahabharata</em>. The article investigates how Mukhoty’s stylistic and linguistic choices foreground Draupadi’s agency, resistance, and subjectivity within a socio-cultural and political context. Fe

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Koushik, Kailash, and Abigail Reed. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, and Disney’s Commodification of Feminism: A Political Economic Analysis." Social Sciences 7, no. 11 (2018): 237. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci7110237.

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This paper seeks to explore the strategies Hollywood utilizes to capitalize on feminist social movements through replacing hegemonic male characters with female ones or updating traditional stories through a more “feminist” retelling. By analyzing both 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Beauty and the Beast as representative of this corporate trend, we critique the ways in which these pseudo-feminist texts not only contribute little to the social conversation surrounding the evolving roles of women and their representations in media through the lenses of critical political economy, feminist p

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Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin. "خواتین مصنفین اور حوا کی کہانی: تانیثی، نسائی یا پدر سری". Al-Qamar 7, № 3 (2024): 63–72. https://doi.org/10.53762/k3x3fa59.

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This research paper discusses the retelling of the Qur’anic story of Adam and Eve by women writers to understand the form of women consciousness involved in the retelling of the story. This paper tries to explore different aspects of the Qur’anic narrative that have been used as symbols and metaphors by women writers. The fiction written by Pakistani women writers is included in this study. The study refers to the theoretical position of feminist theologians to ascertain the feminist form of women consciousness. It is concluded that the purely patriarchal interpretations are accepted and used

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R, Susheela. "A Study on Kadha Kalam – A Retelling of the Mahabharatham." International Research Journal of Tamil 4, no. 3 (2022): 165–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.34256/irjt22324.

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The retelling of great epics has been a great success in recent times both at the international and national levels. Retelling is a technique that authors use to present their offbeat perspective on the great epics or characters of the epics. It gives novel dimensions, raises eccentric questions and voices for the voiceless and suppressed characters of the epics. Ramayana and Mahabharatham are the two famous Indian epics that have been retold in many Indian languages by many authors of different times. One of such retellings is Katha Kalam by Devakanthan written in the Tamil language, which sh

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Rizwana Sarwar and Saadia Fatima. "Madeline Miller’s Circe: A Feminist Stylistic Approach." PERENNIAL JOURNAL OF HISTORY 3, no. 2 (2022): 337–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.52700/pjh.v3i2.128.

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The present study explores the representation of the woman’s character in literary works and also encompasses the retelling of Greek mythology from Madeline Miller’s female protagonist’s perspective. Gender stereotypes established by Greek mythology require that women must be submissive and marginalized. Those women characters that are not according to these stereotypes are termed as negative characters. Moreover, this representation of women’s stereotypical characterization is done through predisposed language which is informed by male-ruling sexist ideology. These linguistic choices need to

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B, Dr Sreekala. "Feministic Recreation In Mythological Retelling: Draupadi In The Palace Of Illusions." IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science 29, no. 11 (2024): 25–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/0837-2911102527.

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Myth and mythmaking have been an ever-interesting topic for every epoch throughout history and hence scholars, critics and writers turn to myth; to define, discuss, revise and rewrite it. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a retelling with the mythological heroine Draupadi as the protagonist. The feministic overtones in her character come to the forefront in the retelling. The difference in treatment based on gender which is evident from Divakaruni’s narrative substantiated the opinion of the feminist theorists on gender disparity. In the retelling Draupadi is a subaltern

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Dr., Dimple. "EXPLORING THE FEMININE PERSPECTIVE IN DEVDUTT PATTANAIK'S 'SITA: AN ILLUSTRATED RETELLING OF THE RAMAYANA." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Modern Education (IJMRME) 7, no. 2 (2021): 67–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896845.

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This paper aims to explore the significance of this perspective in reinterpreting the epic for contemporary readers. By examining the portrayal of Sita and other female characters in Pattanaik's retelling, the paper highlights the challenges to traditional gender roles and the promotion of a more inclusive and balanced understanding of the Ramayana. Pattanaik's reinterpretation of Sita's character showcases her agency, assertiveness, and depth of love for Rama, as well as her connection to nature and fertility. The inclusion of the feminine perspective in the narrative allows for a

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Rothert, Agnieszka. "Mothers and Daughters in Fairy Tales and Feminism." Teoria Polityki, no. 9 (December 4, 2024): 39. https://doi.org/10.4467/25440845tp.24.015.20711.

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Fairy tales are ancient forms of narrative. To survive, these fairy tales had to be told over and over and they also migrate well because of their basic structure, the essential elements of the psychological behavior which belong to the human species in general and others which are culturally divergent. We can recognize not only most basic human behavior mirrored in tales, but at the same time to see the possible developments and solutions. That is why fairy tales are powerful magnets for feminist critique of misogynist order and retelling the tales in new transformative ways. The aim of this

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Ann Tickner, J. "Retelling IR's foundational stories: some feminist and postcolonial perspectives." Global Change, Peace & Security 23, no. 1 (2011): 5–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2011.540090.

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KAPOOR, PRANJAL, Jayatee Bhattacharya, and Sushila Vijaykumar. "Sita In Forest: A Critical Analysis of Ecofeminism in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s the Forests of Enchantment." International Journal of Religion 5, no. 11 (2024): 8414–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.61707/zf4g0p94.

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The focus of this paper is to study the theory of Eco-feminism in context to the character of Sita, in the prominent work The Forest of Enchantments by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Divakaruni is an Indian-American writer who in her work discusses the connection between Sita and forests. The text is a retelling of Ramayana and also discusses the theme of Sita finding her voice in the forest. The paper also determines to bring forward the viewpoints of Eastern and Western eco-feminism. The conclusion states that the opinions and perspectives of Western eco-feminist are different from the Eastern

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Twine, Richard. "Intersectional disgust? Animals and (eco)feminism." Feminism & Psychology 20, no. 3 (2010): 397–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353510368284.

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This paper explores tensions between feminisms on the issue of nonhuman animals. The possibility of a posthuman or more-than-human account of intersectionality is explored through the retelling of an encounter with a feminist academic colleague and her experience of disgust toward a book I was carrying (Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations, Adams and Donovan, 1995). I argue that such disgust responses can be read as the affective embodiment of unacknowledged human/animal hierarchy and act to impede intersectional theory and politics. Moreover this disgust response is paradigmat

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Szatanik, Zuzanna. "“That girl Briseïs” and Her Modern Representations." Media i Społeczeństwo 19, no. 2 (2023): 64–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0054.1953.

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The main goal of this article is to conduct a comparative feminist analysis of three literary texts, which is focused on a single character depicted in them, Briseïs. The first of these texts is Homer’s The Iliad. Here, Briseïs is a slave of Achilles who, in Book 1, is abducted by Agamemnon, which becomes a charge of conflict between the two warriors. In the epic, Briseïs speaks only once, to mourn the fallen Patroclus. Her lament is the starting point for the interpretation of this character in two modern retellings of The Iliad. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes was published in 2019 and a

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Akanksha, Srivastava. "SHAKUNTALA: THE PLAY OF MEMORY - AN ECO-FEMINIST READING." International Journal of Education & Applied Sciences Research 12, no. 1 (2025): 74–82. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15608964.

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<strong>ABSTRACT           </strong> <em>There may hardly be any disagreement that all popular cultures are of male dominance. Females’ subordination is normalized by various norms that are full of assumptions and prejudices. Things have historically been, to a large extent, put at ‘right’ place from a male perspective. In various societies across the world ‘voices’, over the long period of time, that questioned and argued against these norms led to a social and political movement: feminism.</em> <em>Eco-feminism i

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Singh, Gitanjali. "Analysing Femicide and Antinationalism in The Nirbhaya Case: A Feminist Revisionist Mythmaking Reading of Clea Chakraverty's La Voix de Sita." Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 10, no. 1 (2024): 86–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/mjcst.2024.17.06.

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Violence against women often stems from gender inequality, societal structures such as patriarchy, impunity, and institutional violence. Despite the remarkable progress it has made in establishing the representation of women in all fields, India still finds itself an unsafe country for women, with multiple cases of femicide reported every year. The present paper proposes a close look at violence against women in India through a multidisciplinary reading of Clea Chakravarty’s novel La Voix de Sita [Sita’s Voice] which is a retelling of the 2012 Delhi gang rape. Commonly known as the Nirbhaya Ca

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Mardani, Puri Bestari, and Maria Febiana Christanti. "Cinderella: The Feminist Tale (A Discourse Analysis of the Story’s Adaptation through Podcast)." EKSPRESI DAN PERSEPSI : JURNAL ILMU KOMUNIKASI 7, no. 2 (2024): 354–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.33822/jep.v7i2.7691.

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Cinderella’s character and feminist ideology are contradictory. The phrase “Cinderella Complex Syndrome,” which refers to women’s dread of independence, supports this idea. Fairy tales are full of beautiful, passive, submissive princesses, as well as bold, independent female constrained by archaic gender stereotypes. They uphold conventional norms about gender roles and value. Fairy tale adaptation is not a new phenomenon; for centuries, people have used it to further their objectives, uphold their cultural standards, and further their ideologies. The construction of feminism in Cinderella rhy

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Bredehoft, Thomas A. "Origin Stories: Feminist Science Fiction and C. L. Moore’s “Shambleau”." Science Fiction Studies 24, Part 3 (1997): 369–86. https://doi.org/10.1525/sfs.24.3.0369.

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C.L. Moore’s “Shambleau,” too often read as a symptom of Moore’s supposed self-alienation or self-loathing, is here read alongside later origin-narratives based on “Shambleau” by Moore herself and Lester del Rey. Employing Donna Haraway’s critical framework of the cyborg, which links issues of technology, gender, subjectivity, and the process of retelling origin stories, I suggest that “Shambleau” can be read less dismissively as a story which exposes the dominant discourses' reliance upon a narrative of the Fall of language which defines the feminine as both marginal and subject to masculine

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Famina A. "From Fire to Voice: Feminine Subjectivity in Chithra Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions." Creative Launcher 10, no. 3 (2025): 160–65. https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2025.10.3.20.

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Retellings of mythology serve as powerful instruments for writers to infuse ancient narratives with contemporary concerns, especially those surrounding gender, identity, and agency. In Indian literature, the epic figure of Draupadi, queen, wife to five legendary warriors, and central character in the Mahabharata, has continually inspired reinterpretation. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions presents a compelling feminist retelling, where Draupadi’s silenced voice and subjective experiences are foregrounded, challenging patriarchal narratives that have long shaped her image. Th

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Sinha, Dhruvee, and Zeeshan Ali. "From Agni to Agency: Sita’s Liberation in Arni and Chitrakar’s Graphic Retelling of the Ramayana." Humanities 13, no. 4 (2024): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h13040097.

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The traditional interpretations of the Ramayana have been critiqued for preserving and promoting patriarchal gender structures by emphasising masculine heroism and often portraying female characters as unidimensional symbols of selflessness, purity, and honour. This paper analyses how Samhita Arni and Chitrakar’s graphic novel Sita’s Ramayana offers a retelling that foregrounds Sita’s perspective to question and reinterpret the social constructs. By analysing the text through a feminist literary lens, this paper examines how the novel adapts the traditional narrative to provide centre stage to

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Forster, Margaret. "Restoring the Feminine of Indigenous Environmental Thought." Genealogy 3, no. 1 (2019): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3010011.

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A feminist genealogy approach to governmentality is used to explore how indigenous knowledge and aspirations related to the environment become embedded into Aotearoa New Zealand environmental policy and practice. Particular consideration is given to the indigenous feminine as an impetus for change as expressed through atua wāhine/Māori female spiritual authority and powers. Political projects and activism by Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, provide the basis to explore contests between environmental truths that originate from Māori traditions and those that have come to do

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Hayward, Bev. "Sharing the Lived Experiences of Women in Academia by Remembering, Reclaiming and Retelling Stories of the Feminist Imaginaries." International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity 12, no. 1 (2024): 79–91. https://doi.org/10.7202/1115470ar.

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Feminist Imaginaries are psychological and social spaces where creative possibilities are overflowing. They facilitate new ways of being, new ways of knowing and new ways of knowledge creation. This paper embraces a decolonial and feminist approach to storytelling, remembering, reclaiming and retelling; telling the stories of a band of wandering women, journeying to the psychosocial spaces of the Imaginary. Drawing upon a feminist theoretical tapestry, creative writing methods and autoethnographic approaches, the story is an example of the possibilities for Feminist Imaginaries in academic res

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Brunda, R., and Ujwala S. Shetty. "The Feminine Voice in Mythology: A Comparative Study of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s ‘The Palace of Illusions’ and ‘The Forest of Enchantments’." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 12, S1-Oct (2024): 95–99. https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v12is1-oct.8289.

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This paper explores the feminist perspectives in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novels The Palace of Illusions and The Forest of Enchantments, where the author reimagines two of India’s most iconic epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, through the eyes of their marginalized female protagonists. The Palace of Illusions retells the story of Draupadi, portraying her as a complex, independent woman who challenges traditional gender roles and societal expectations. Similarly, The Forest of Enchantments gives voice to Sita, emphasizing her strength, agency, and emotional depth, countering her usual

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M C, Priyadarshini, Prakash A, Revathi P, and Siva R. "The Epics Reinterpreted: Highlighting Feminist Issues While Sustaining Deep Motif." Studies in Media and Communication 11, no. 2 (2023): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/smc.v11i2.5933.

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This article explores revisionist works based on the Ramayana and Mahabharata twin epics and looks at the voices of female protagonists. The main emphasis has been on the way that authoritative texts are utilized to create cultural hegemony on purpose for a particular impact. The article also highlights the power of stories and demonstrates how the textual politics in the retelling is directed towards achieving different outlines, especially the modern ideals of liberty, equality, and individuality. By providing a thorough study of the social and psychological struggles of epic women, the view

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Ms., Yogita Santosh Sonawane, and Dr. Bhupendra Nandlal Kesur Prof. "Redefining Menaka: Kavita Kane's Feminist Reimagining of a Celestial Apsara." International Journal of Current Science Research and Review 08, no. 04 (2025): 1795–99. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15240684.

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Abstract : Kavita Kane’s novel Menaka’s Choice presents a feminist reinterpretation of the celestial apsara Menaka, reimagining her beyond the conventional patriarchal portrayal as merely a seductress sent to disrupt Vishwamitra’s penance. Traditionally reduced to a tool of divine manipulation, Menaka has been viewed through a lens that prioritizes her beauty while neglecting her autonomy and personal struggles. Kane challenges this limited representation by depicting Menaka as a complex individual with agency, desires, and emotional depth. This paper explores how Kane recons

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Solanki, Gopika. "The Retelling of Tales: Disentangling the Feminist Evolutionary Analytic Approach, Legal Pluralism, and Gender Justice." Politics & Gender 9, no. 01 (2013): 105–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x1200075x.

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Croswell, Kimberly. "Survivor Tales: Feminist Graphics Bridging Consciousness Raising into Reality." International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity 12, no. 1 (2024): 43–61. https://doi.org/10.7202/1115468ar.

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This article examines two feminist comic representations of violence against women founded in the lived experiences of artists Sabrina Jones, and Rebecca Migdal, editors with the annual graphic anthology World War 3 Illustrated. In these visual narratives, the reader is introduced to the impact violence, visible and invisible, has on these women’s lives as they recollect events, and move on from their painful experiences. Far from offering a commiseration of pain, a function which Susan Sonntag attributes to disaster and war photography in Regarding the pain of others, these graphics (or comic

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Parinitha, B., and Lourdusamy A. "The Evolution of the Female from Suppression to Supremacy in the Select Novels of Postmodern Retellings of the Epic- A Review of Literature." International Journal of Management, Technology, and Social Sciences (IJMTS) 7, no. 1 (2022): 163–83. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6302482.

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<strong>Purpose</strong>:<em> Man, in contrast to other creatures, is concerned with spiritual issues such as cognitive, social, artistic, and political concerns. A deep relationship has existed between faith and humanity since the dawn of time, if not before. The various religious and cultural beliefs are reflected in myths. As a result, the history of civilizations is primarily linked to and identified with mythology and religion. With the guidance of mythology and culture, people can better understand their world and the meaning of life. Thousands of years had passed since the epic narrativ

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Susanti, R. Hariyani. "Literary Works Empowering Social Movements: A Doll's House & Bumi Manusia Analysis in Norwegian-Indonesian Feminism." Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya 13, no. 1 (2023): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.26714/lensa.13.1.2023.119-134.

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This article explores the role that literature plays in social movements, particularly in the gender equality movement such as women’s autonomy in social settings. By comparing two literary works, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Bumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the article investigates the impact of literature on the first wave of the feminist movement in Norway in 1879 and the portrayal of women's conditions in Indonesia at the time. The research employed qualitative research methods such as content analysis and discourse analysis, as well as comparative analysis of the two literary

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Kimber, Marian Wilson. "The "Suppression" of Fanny Mendelssohn: Rethinking Feminist Biography." 19th-Century Music 26, no. 2 (2002): 113–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ncm.2002.26.2.113.

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The idea that Felix Mendelssohn prevented his sister, Fanny Hensel, from publishing her compositions is central to biographical representations of her, including Franççoise Tillard's Fanny Mendelssohn (1992) and Gloria Kamen's Hidden Music (1996). This story can be traced to nineteenth-century publications by male members of the Mendelssohn family and their desire to portray both siblings according to socially acceptable gender roles. Such origins challenge the assumption that the story of Fanny Hensel's "suppression" represents a modern feminist reinterpretation of her life. Instead, current

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GAYRET, Gökçenaz. "RENUNCIATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF PHALLOCENTRIC PENELOPE IN CLAIRE NORTH'S ITHACA." NEW ERA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL RESEARCHES 9, no. 26 (2024): 163–74. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14553009.

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This study aims to show that Claire North uses retelling Greek myths as a strategy to dismantle the prepotency of phallocentrism designating steady female identities and resituates the feminine passivated and ossified in canonical male texts in her novel, <em>Ithaca</em>, through a lens of Irigarian standpoint and feminist revisionist mythmaking. In the myth of Penelope forming the basis of the novel, the feminine is embedded and appreciated in cultural memory as faithful, passive, subservient, and complementary of man. North evacuates the feminine from the monolithic and homogenizing represen

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Subedi, Bhim Prasad. "Transgenerational Burden in W. B. Yeats’s Poem “Leda and the Swan”: A Feminist Study." Interdisciplinary Journal of Management and Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (2024): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijmss.v5i1.62658.

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The transgenerational burden presented in W. B. Yeats' poem "Leda and the Swan" is examined in this research from a feminist standpoint. As shown in the legendary retelling, the analysis explores the many layers of patriarchal power relations and their long-lasting effects on succeeding generations. The text uses feminist literary theory to explain how Yeats's depiction of Leda's terrible encounter with the holy swan incorporates larger societal meanings and sustains repressive mechanisms that have an ongoing effect on society. The transgenerational burden arises from the offspring of this enc

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Devaki Alias Subasri, L., and P. Vedamuthan. "The Conflict Between Tradition and Modernity: A Study of Social Hierarchy in Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 12, S3-Apr (2025): 81–83. https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v12is3-apr.9059.

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This research paper examines the conflict between tradition and modernity in Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen by Kavita Kane through a feminist perspective. By reinterpreting the Mahabharata, the novel critically engages with themes of caste, gender roles, and social hierarchies in ancient India. This study explores how Kane’s narrative challenges traditional values and highlights the struggles of individuals who defy societal norms.The novel portrays the limitations imposed on women and lower social classes through caste-based discrimination and patriarchal oppression. Using a feminist lens,

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Patel, Anilkumar Rameshbhai. "Sita Valmiki vs. Amish Tripathi." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development 2, no. 3 (2018): 2166–69. https://doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd11693.

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Sita is perhaps Valmiki`s feminist hearted character of Ramayana and the great example of Pati Parayan Blind follower of Husband She also characterized as a harmonious embodiment of beauty, tenderness of heartabudence of compession, fidelity, wisdom of the truest type and courage of heart. The retelling of Sita in 21st century has the same base but she seems as a warrior narrated by Amish Tripathi in his novel entitled by Sita, the warrior princess of Mithila. Both Ramayana written by Valmiki and Sita Warrior of Mithila are compared in context to woman as a damsel in distress, a docile and sub

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Zaidi, Najia A. "Woman Subjection As Reflected In Sidhwa’s Cracking India." Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies 2, no. 1 (2009): 79–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjgs.v2i1.356.

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The Indian subcontinent gained independence from the British Raj in 1947, and got divided into two states: India and Pakistan. This division was the result of religious conflict that turned into a great tragedy of the region forcing millions to leave the part they were living in and killing large number of innocent people. Women became the worst victims of partition on both sides of the border. Sidhwa captures the position of woman through historical perspective. This paper examines the retelling of partition by Sidhwa in her novel Cracking India and portrays the exploitation, manipulation and

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Cannamela, Danila. "“I am an atypical mother”: Motherhood and maternal language in Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto’s poetry." Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies 55, no. 1 (2021): 85–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0014585821991848.

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In her debut book Dolore minimo, Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto engages in a reflection on motherhood to recount an autobiographical story of gender self-determination and male to female transition. This article explores Vivinetto’s poetry as the retelling of transformative moments in two mother–daughter relationships, which generate a reshaping of life and language. In the book, these two storylines intersect, blur, and even overlap, creating a poetic discourse in which the maternal acts simultaneously as powerful catalyzer and producer of meanings. In discussing how, in Dolore minimo, the relat

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Anuradha Gogoi, AnkurJyoti Talukdar,. "Retelling of Assamese Folktales from a Feminist Perspective: A Reading of Tejimola and the Tale of Kite Mother's Daughter." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 1 (2021): 5667–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i1.2189.

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Assam is a diverse land and so does it has a diverse expanse of folktale stories that widely shows the Assamese culture, the lifestyle and also its typical society. After reading the narratives of which has been taken in this research paper, the issue of women in Assamese folktales can be seen a matter of study and research, taking into consideration the aspects such as- position of women in Assamese society, identity of women, woman-woman relationship and women in the realm of class structure, and along with this a question definitely arises that do women have any hold of power in a society d

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Anjirbag, Michelle Anya, and Vanessa Joosen. "“You Have to Set the Story You Know Aside”: Constructions of Youth, Adulthood and Senescence in Cinderella Is Dead." Humanities 11, no. 1 (2022): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h11010025.

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As with other twenty-first-century rewritings of fairytales, Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron complicates the classic ‘Cinderella’ fairytale narrative popularized by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm for new audiences, queering and race-bending the tale in its decidedly feminist revision of the story. However, as we argue here, the novel also provides an interesting intervention in the construction of age as related to gender for its female protagonists. Drawing on Sylvia Henneberg’s examination of ageist stereotypes in fairytale classics and Susan Pickard’s construction of the figure

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Foxwell-Norton, Kerrie, Deb Anderson, and Anne M. Leitch. "Women of the Great Barrier Reef: Stories of gender and conservation." Queensland Review 28, no. 2 (2021): 150–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2022.12.

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AbstractIn the late 1970s, Carden Wallace was at the beginning of her lifelong exploration of the Great Barrier Reef — and indeed, reefs all over the world. For Wallace, who is now Emeritus Principal Scientist at Queensland Museum, the beginning of her Reef career coincided with the emergence of both feminist and environmental movements that meant her personal and professional lives would be entwined with a changing social, cultural and political milieu. In this article, we couple the story of Wallace’s personal life and her arrival in coral science to identify the Reef as a gendered space rip

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Rachna, Arora, Smita Jha Dr., and Prakash Bhadhury Dr. "RECONFIGURING SELF THROUGH ARTISTIC DISCOURSE: A STUDY OF THE BLIND ASSASSIN BY MARGARET ATWOOD." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Modern Education 3, no. 1 (2017): 474–86. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.806868.

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The present paper seeks to delineate how female revisits and reformulates her Image through artistic discourse (Literary) by taking the case study of the female writings in the novel The Blind Assassin of Margaret Atwood. It elaborates on the vicissitudes of life of Iris, the female protagonist of Atwood. She appropriates her voice to fight back against the oppressive patriarchal forces that are instrumental in her harassment and subordination.The proposed study is significant as it focuses on how retelling of the history of the ‘self’ through artistic discourse pushes the ‘self’ to the centre

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Gohil, Namrata. "‘Research Prospects in the peripheral view of Kartika Nair’s epic Retelling ‘Until the Lions’- Echoes from the Mahabharata’." Vidhyayana 9, si1 (2023): 38–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.58213/vidhyayana.v9isi1.1579.

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Indian culture is based on two epics; The Ramayana and The Mahabharata. Every Hindu knows about these two epics, other religion people too. There is not any Hindu house which does not know and follow the rituals which are discussed in these two epics. The present generation takes interest to read Retellings of Indian myths which are written by the contemporary Indian English Writers. Indian women like to read Retellings of myths which are written by Indian women writers. Its reason is that it gives voice to marginalized women of the Indian myths. Females compare their unspeakable voice with th

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Manizza Roszak, Suzanne. "Laughing at Vampire Novels: Gothic Horror, Teen Girl Agency, and the Old and New Northanger Abbey." Anglia 141, no. 4 (2023): 604–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ang-2023-0035.

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Abstract Although casual readers of Northanger Abbey often still interpret the novel as a straightforward parody of the Gothic, a range of critics have pinpointed the realistically Gothic horrors that do reside in Austen’s narrative. This essay applies a similar lens to crime novelist Val McDermid’s understudied and underappreciated retelling of Northanger Abbey, arguing that the new version of Austen’s text employs the form of Gothic writing in which the most horrifying types of violence are gendered everyday injuries: experiences of gaslighting and denials of physical and verbal agency. Resp

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Guddu, Kumar Rai. "The Living Landscape: Post-Human Perspectives on Nature in The Palace of Illusions." Literary Enigma 1, no. 4 (2025): 11–16. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15450600.

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Abstract   Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions is a retelling of the Mahabharata in the voice of Draupadi. A story that critiques human exceptionalism while it provides a definition of bonds between human and nonhuman beings, Divakaruni writes Draupadi as an empowered figure who rejects anthropocentric narratives. This research engages with thinkers like Rosi Braidotti and Donna Haraway to locate the novel within the discourse of posthumanism, foregrounding the interrelations of identity, agency, and power. The critical exploration of how Divakaruni's feminist reconfigura

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Reshu Shukla. "Unveiling the Untold: A Retelling of Sita in Modern Literature with a Special Focus on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Feminist Rendition in The Forest of Enchantments." Creative Saplings 2, no. 11 (2024): 41–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2024.2.11.516.

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Within the context of the world's mythical heritage, Indian history is a priceless find, with a rich legacy marked by the potent influence of revered goddesses and mythological women. Indian tradition has elevated its women in classical and sacred history more than any other civilization, thus enhancing the appreciation of Indian culture across the world. Indian mythology's outstanding female figures have made a lasting impression by standing for courage, tenacity, and profound understanding. These extraordinary women have stood the test of time and become symbols of female empowerment, and fu

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Matuszko, Kinga. "„Clever girls are never much appreciated” – a pseudo-feminist attempt to (re)define the role of women in fairy tales retellings based on the example of The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill and Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales by Soman Chainani." Tematy i Konteksty 19, no. 14 (2024): 298–315. https://doi.org/10.15584/tik.2024.19.

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The aim of the article is to discuss the changes authors introduce in contemporary retellings of fairy tales. The main focus is on (re)defining the role of women. Attention is drawn to the pseudo-feminist message of the novels. It is indicated that pseudo-feminism appears to adopt feminist ideas and attitudes, but in reality it does not contribute to promoting true gender equality and instead becomes a marketing tool. Such strategy is based on the insincere or superficial use of feminism in order to gain popularity and profit without a real commitment to improving the situation of women. The f

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Mohan, Amrutha, and Nair Anup Chandrasekharan. "‘Inside this membrane is Us. Beyond the membrane, Them’: Spatiality in Amruta Patil and Devdutt Pattanaik’s Aranyaka: Book of the Forest." Studies in Comics 14, no. 2 (2023): 213–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/stic_00108_1.

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Forests have always occupied a significant position as places of exile, transformation and retreat in the epics, myths and folklores that are popular in India. A journey into the forest, as depicted in most of these narratives, is often deployed as a metaphor for epistemological pursuits and also symbolizes a peregrination into the subconscious or the inner self. The graphic novel Aranyaka: Book of the Forest (2019) is a joint creative venture by the Indian graphic novelist Amruta Patil and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, in which they borrow a thin thread of the story from Brihadaranyaka Upani

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Wadhawan, Vansh. "Gendered Trauma and the silencing of Women in Pinjar by Amrita Primtam’s Pinjar." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 09, no. 05 (2025): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsrem49162.

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Abstract In 1947, the Partition of India was not only a territorial and political split but also inflicted great emotional and psychological scars on its people. It tore apart communities, dismantled local economies, and left behind one of the largest mass migrations in human history. It imposed unbearable suffering, shattered families, and indelible trauma—on women in particularly devastating ways. But women's experiences have been pushed to the margins of dominant histories. As Urvashi Butalia says, "the voices of women, the ways in which they remember and recount Partition, were often margi

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Wadhwa, Soni. "Feminist Literary Criticism Meets Feminist Theology: Yashodhara and the Rise of Hagiographical Fiction in Modern Feminist Re-visioning." SAGE Open 11, no. 4 (2021): 215824402110615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211061570.

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Feminist re-visioning has led to heterogenous retellings of mythological heroines in fiction. Sita and Draupadi, two of the well-known Indian mythological characters, have been explored in various capacities in mythological fiction. Yashodhara, Buddha’s wife, is a recent addition to this re-visioning project. This article seeks to engage with three retellings of Yashodhara’s story—each of which is radically different from the others. The result is the rise of hagiographical fiction around the character—responsive to the Buddhist ethos of love and spirituality. This article argues that the most

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Muthoifin, Muthoifin, Mohammad Ali, and Nur Wachidah. "PEMIKIRAN RADEN AJENG KARTINI TENTANG PENDIDIKAN PEREMPUAN DAN RELEVANSINYA TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN ISLAM." Profetika: Jurnal Studi Islam 18, no. 1 (2017): 36–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/profetika.v18i1.7690.

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Raden Ajeng Kartini is one of first feminist in Indonesia who is installed as national heroine and her birthday is celebrated by Indonesia nation. The hardest Kartini’s struggle was for education, because she was sure that one of the instruments of respecting woman role in improving civilization. Based on the explanation, this study aim is to (1) describe Raden Ajeng Kartini’s idea of woman education, and (2) analyze the Raden Ajeng Kartini’s idea relevance of woman education for developing Islamic education. This research is library research by using historical and biography approaches by ret

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Muthoifin, Muthoifin, Mohamad Ali, and Nur Wachidah. "PEMIKIRAN RADEN AJENG KARTINI TENTANG PENDIDIKAN PEREMPUAN DAN RELEVANSINYA TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN ISLAM." Profetika: Jurnal Studi Islam 18, no. 1 (2017): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/profetika.v18i1.6299.

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Raden Ajeng Kartini is one of first feminist in Indonesia who is installed as national heroine and her birthday is celebrated by Indonesia nation. The hardest Kartini’s struggle was for education, because she was sure that one of the instruments of respecting woman role in improving civilization. Based on the explanation, this study aim is to (1) describe Raden Ajeng Kartini’s idea of woman education, and (2) analyze the Raden Ajeng Kartini’s idea relevance of woman education for developing Islamic education. This research is library research by using historical and biography approaches by ret

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Dr., Jindagi Kumari. ""...sing of what rushes in your veins": An Assessment of Ghazal as an Expression of Resentment in Basudhara Roy." Criterion: An International Journal in English 15, no. 6 (2024): 157–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14605784.

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Basudhara Roy has emerged as a significant voice among the contemporary feminist Indian English poets with her four collections of poems, <em>Moon in my Teacup (2019)</em>, <em>Stitching a Home </em>(2021), <em>Inhabiting</em> (2022) and <em>A Blur of a Woman</em> (2024). Her poems are characterised by inimitable healing reflections that counterbalance her keen revelation of the hazy and glazed zones surrounding women. Roy has caught the fancy of poetry lovers in literary circles in India with a refreshing combination of wistful mood, warm emotion, perky tenderness and skilled use of language.

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Adams, Julianne. "The Pre-History of White Feminism in Amatory Fiction." Eighteenth-Century Fiction 36, no. 2 (2024): 209–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ecf.36.2.209.

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This article reads amatory fiction through the image of white women’s tears, and it argues that amatory fiction assists in eighteenth-century racialization by idealizing a feminine affect that mobilizes passivity for status. A spectacle of sympathetic attention, white women’s tears exemplify the affective work of white feminism, which singularly analyzes power through gender. Lacking intersectionality, white feminism upholds white supremacy and enables constituents to wield gender oppression self-servingly. This article locates and deconstructs that affective dynamic in Delarivier Manley’s “Th

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