Volume : IX, Issue : XI, November - 2019

Thematic Study of Violence and Abuse against Female children in Selected South Asian Literature: A Review

Ruchee

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The abuse against a girl child in the form of discrimination, exploitation and domestic violence in the name of honour is ubiquitous theme as reflected implicitly in literature. It is not always perceived as a violation of human rights and hence a girl child is prevented from reporting the crime. The perpetrators remain unknown and unpunished because social system of South Asian patriarchal society endorses tradition of silence against the crime of female child abuse. To eak this silence authors and critics have tried to reflect issue of female abuse as a hidden theme in their works of literature. The present paper aims to examine the thematic study of abuse and violence against women in aesthetic efforts of various eminent writers. Literature is the mirror of the society so to mirror violence and its implications, the thematic analysis of the chosen texts has been done. The present paper will contextualize the issue of female child abuse by providing the reader an introductive outlook of the texts to raise awareness among masses about the prevalence and existence of this social evil which is making this world an unfit home for girls of South Asian patriarchal society.

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THEMATIC STUDY OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AGAINST FEMALE CHILDREN IN SELECTED SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE: A REVIEW, Ruchee INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-11 | November-2019

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