Mimetic Representation of Female Characters in ‘Their Language of Love’ by Bapsi Sidhwa

Abstract

Females always have been the topic of discussion under different aspects discussed in literature. From some last decades there have been some debatable titles in writing especially postcolonial literature. There are many female writers in this period of postcolonial. In Pakistan, the persons who have a name on the conversation of feminism; Bapsi Sidwa is a good name in them. Feminism is a broad topic to mentioning but it would be interested when telling about particular comparative analysis with the male author representing the society. It is very perceptible when the relation between them is like a master-slave relationship as Hegel believes, or having a balance between them. It depends upon many factors like the cultural effect of the society. Pakistani society has a patriarchal building block in it so its criteria of debate and the way the others take it, are different. This study helps to enhance the space for a female in a society described by Bapsi Sidwa.  Life depends on the thought of society and it varies the representative style of the authors.

Key Words: Feminism, Societal effect, Relationships, Memetic representation

DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/66-10

Publication date:March 31^st 2020