A Feministic Discourse of Existentialism in Namita Gokhale’s Select Works

Abstract

Existentialism argues for people’s way of life and rights. The structure of existentialism shows people’s misery and action to achieve their aim and their obligations. Existentialist feminism talks for women to make them realise their existence. The ideas of existentialist feminism theory are compared with Namita Gokhale’s selected texts Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011), The Book of Shadows (1999), and Things to Leave Behind (2016). The concepts of existentialist feminism examined with Namita Gokhale’s women characters of the selected texts to analyse their choice, existence, etc. The selected texts have the ideas of existentialist feminism. Existentialist feminism is explored through the attributions of the life of women characters in Namita Gokhale’s selected texts Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011), The Book of Shadows (1999), and Things to Leave Behind (2016). In Namita Gokhale’s selected works, the leading characters are represented existentialism aspects are Priya, Rachita, and Tilottama. For this research, the researchers of chosen current study theorists are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. The methodology of this study adopts this theory to analyse the reflection of existentialist feminism in Namita Gokhale’s selected texts. This study compares with the other studies related to existentialism feminism. Future study recommendations are psychoanalysis theory, alienation, feminism, and identity crisis.