The Oppression of Women in Shyam Selvadurai’s Cinnamon Gardens
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53573/rhimrj.2023.v10n06.002Keywords:
Patriarchy, Women, Ethnic conflicts, OppressionAbstract
Shyam Selvadurai is a Sri Lankan – Canadian writer best known for incorporating various themes in his novels. This article analyzes the women protagonists of the novel Cinnamon Gardens. His other novels are Funny Boy, Hungry Ghosts, and Swimming in the Monsoon Sea. All four novels present women of varying characteristics and living in extremely different situations. However, all of them finally end up in a state of embracing their self-identity and freedom by shattering all the social clutches holding them. This paper investigates the life of each woman portrayed in the novel.
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