Abstract
In this paper, I intend to explore how female
protagonists in The Handmaid’s Tale and The Bell Jar negotiate
with patriarchal narratives, which oppress them in the public and
private spheres of their lives. There are points of similarities and
departure in both these texts. In my point of view, both, the
similarities and points of departure have their own theoretical
significance. My purpose is to explore the feminist concerns in
these texts and investigate if a dialogic possibility can emerge
between two different genres. The paper examines the imagery,
symbolism, and narrative technique in these texts to raise feminist
concerns. The debasement of women is the key subject in The
Handmaid’s Tale and The Bell Jar. Through extensive textual
analysis, drawing on Virginia Woolf’s feminist theories, the
feminist backlash movement of the 1980s, theory of ‘simulacra
and simulation’ presented by Jean Baudrillard, the research
establishes a need for females to develop their own discourse,
which is not radical or extremist.
Zoya Jamil Chaudhary, Dr. Khurshid Alam. (2019) Comparative Study of Feminist Voice: The Handmaid’s Tale and The Bell Jar, Journal of Research ( Humanities), Vol LV, Issue 1.
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