Self and Society in Anita Desai’s Novels

Preetha R and Saraswathy Selvarajan

World Journal of English Language, 2023, vol. 13, issue 7, 140

Abstract: The objective of this study mainly focuses on Anita Desai's Protagonists and how far they are different from society and their self. Anita Desai's basic parameters of exploration attempted to emphasise the similarities and differences between different characters' predicaments. Her fictions starkly emphasise how little people know about many important aspects of themselves and their universe. It offers a sensitive and penetrating study of the complex mental activity that influences human thought and behaviour. The narrative strategies employed by her reveal both her creative instincts and the critical distancing that imparts an ironical aspect to her presentation. Her writing exposes to us the tormented thoughts and perplexed actions of her characters, who are sensitive normal people. At the same time, by showing at least a few of her protagonists as achieving her faith in the human ability to critically examine and reorient faith.

Date: 2023
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