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Item The Politics of Autobiography in Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and Phaedra’s Love(Department of English, 2015) Bhandari, RitaThis research closely examines Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and Phaedra’s Love as autobiographical plays that are based on Kane’s own life experience. It tries to explore Kane’s motive behind the inclusion of autobiographical elements in these plays. Her plays represent the condition of women in patriarchal society. Applying the theory of autobiography the researcher attempts to analyze the politics behind the use of Kane’s own life story as a subject matter. In this plays she represents her as the representative of other females. In these plays Kane expresses her personal matters about her mental state, feelings and desires which should are supposed to remain secret with her. In fact, she wants to encourage those women who feel hesitant to express their feelings with others. In the same way she feels some relief by confessing her every feeling because sharing is best medium to reduce own’s suffering. Similarly, in these plays, Kane shows the conflict between life force and death force. In fact, this is not only the condition of Sarah Kane’s life but this is the condition of everybody. In this way, the concept of the eros and thanatos in these two plays become personal as well as political. Hence, this project explores into Sarah Kane’s play 4.48 Psychosis and Phaedra’s Love as an amalgam of personal and political motives.Item The Politics of Autobiography: Personal as Political in Mary Wollstonecraft’s Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman(Department of English, 2016) Sharma, PranishaThis research work examines how Mary Wollstonecraft’s Maria remains personal and serves for political implication. It tries to inspire all the women to critique the patriarchal ideologies of the society and encourages them to secure self identity in the male dominated society. Her autobiography deconstruct the ideology of marriage system of the eighteenth- century Britain by which women were treated as exchangeable commodities and objectified material for males and tries to represent the condition of women in patriarchal society. Applying the theory of autobiographical studies the researcher attempts to analyze the politics behind the use of Wollstonecraft’s own life story as a subject matter. In this autobiography Maria says how her husband, George Venable follows the cultural ideological system of selling women into prostitution where many women are wronged by their husband. She expresses each and every personal experience of her life which is supposed to remain secret with her. In fact, her text advocates for women’s liberation and inspires women to get rid of from cultural subjugation and exploitation from male dominance. In the same way, she strongly confesses her mistake and tries to motivate woman not to repeat the same mistake which she faces in her life. Hence, this project explores Mary Wollstonecraft’s autobiography as personal life writing that serves as writing with political motives in the society.