Personal confessions A study of the writings of Kamala Das and Preeti Shenoy

Abstract

newline Kamala Das and Preeti Shenoy are prominent Anglo-Indian Women writers. They have written in newlinedifferent eras of time. Kamala Das has faced the of Pre-Independence era, torments of Freedom movements newlineand Post- Independence scenarios with matrilineal lineage. Shenoy on the other hand writes in current times newlineof twenty first century ever changing global economic and high-tech era of blooming technology. Although newlineboth have divergent thinking with versatile personalities trying to imbibe as much experiences as they can to newlineunderstand the position, self and communication related to women in their surroundings. Regional unity is newlinethesis analyses their works on personal confessional grounds thoroughly highlighting the autobiographical newlineelements present in their works. Women are cracking their hard nutshells of silence with revolting voices newlineagainst all social stigmas, which includes fighting for their right to equality. They also touch upon sisterhood newlinethrough their self identity. The fact that a writer describes through his sensibility organised out of social and newlinepolitical situations affecting him as he/she has to live and manage with them. newlineAfter analysing the genesis of Autobiography Bildungsro it was newlinefound that memory pinches remembrance to muteness as sucked feelings give way to repression. I have newlineattempted to focus on their confessional themes so as to elucidate and highlight their feminine sensibility at newlinework like Sylvi newlinea problematic category. This thesis will imbibe the autobiographical or confessional elements of these newlinewriters as autobiographies are those pieces of literature which are profoundly submerged in filtered hearts. newlineBeing confessional writers they lay their life open for scrutiny. Yet it is understandable that they may not be newlinetelling the whole truth about their life as Audre Lorde too mentions how difficult it is for a woman to tell the newlinewhole truth. Also many critics are quoted to mention how autobiography itself is a problematic genre as it is newlinea mixture of truth and lies. Memory too plays a signif