Feminist Consciousness in Jane Eyre and the God of Small Things

Abstract

 The research was an attempt at exploring  feminist consciousness in Jane Eyre and God of Small  Things. Since both the writers are divided by the spacio temporal factors, this study helped to understand the  origin, development and growth of feminism from the  period of Victorian England to the present century of  modern India. This comparison was essential to probe the  impact of time, culture, religion, nation, and socio political set ups on the feminist movements. We also can  gather the historical background that shaped the slow and  steady progress of feminism which spread awareness of  the existing inequality on the basis of gender.this research  thus is useful for throwing light on the two novels which  are embodiments of the respective centuries in which they  were written. Charlotte Bronte and her two sisters  started writing at a time when the literary world was a  prohibited area for women. The quest for identity in Jane  Eyre is piogantly portrayed by a woman author who is  ironically compelled to hide her own feminine identity  behind the male pseudonym. The pen was the  metaphorical symbol of authorial creation and only men  were considered the masters of all creation/production  including the literary products.