Anila Chandran Research Scholar, Department of English, Sree Sankara University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala. Revision is a feminist strategy of subverting patriarchal values. It can be a re-interpretation of the andocentric myths from the feminist angle. Women writers redefine women from the feminist perspective. They review the image of women which the patriarchy has popularized….
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Revisionist Myth Making as a Means of Countering Patriarchy in That Long Silence
Sonima K K Assistant Professor in English St.Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda Thrissur Kerala Sita following her husband into exile, Savitri dogging Death to reclaim her husband, Draupadi stoically sharing her husband’s travails… No, what have I to do with these mythical women? I can’t fool myself. (That Long Silence 11) In a fictional career spanning two…