Unveiling Feminine Bonds: Nurturing Connections and Empowerment in Contemporary Indian Literature

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  • Shahin Fatma Assistant Professor, Department of English, Arka Jain University, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

Keywords:

Gynocritics, Psychoanalysis, Phallus, Inferiority, Creativity

Abstract

The traditional field of psychoanalysis was historically shaped by the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, who formerly disseminated a contentious opinion regarding

the literary abilities of women think, that women were seen to be naturally unfit for extraordinary literary production since they were supposedly inferior to males. This idea was based on the symbolic construct of the "phallus," which Freud and Lacan claimed women lacked, resulting in their inferiority in their creative endeavours. Lacan developed this idea further, proposing that the "phallus" stood for entrance into the more expansive domain of symbolic language. In this context, language acquisition difficulties faced by female        children impeded their linguistic development and hindered their ability to identify with the father’s figure. K.K. Ruthven in her work Feminist Literary Studies has referenced Lacan’s assertion on feminity that states that language has its roots in ancient patriarchal society. Hence, they run the risk of either being marginalised within the social structure or being forced to adopt the role of pseudo–maleness

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Published

31-03-2024

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Shahin Fatma. (2024). Unveiling Feminine Bonds: Nurturing Connections and Empowerment in Contemporary Indian Literature. The Watchman, 8(1), 20–26. Retrieved from https://watchmanjournal.com/index.php/tw/article/view/21

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): March 2024

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Research Article

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