Analysis of The Novel ‘Priya Sufi’ from Feminist Perspective

Abstract

The present study entitled Analysis of the Novel 'Priya Sufi' From Feminist Perspective was an attempt to identify and analyze feminist issues in terms of gender discrimination, women’s position in society, inequality, patriarchy, gender roles, and political and social factors as represented in fiction Priya Sufi. The study incorporated eighteen different extractions as sample to analyze and interpret the issues in feminism. The required data were collected using purposive non-random sampling procedure. Observation checklist was used as the tools for this purpose.The analysis and interpretation of the data was done by using thematic approach in which themes were developed from the objectives and data excerpts at first and then further interpreted. From the analysis and interpretation, it has been found that the religious beliefs; insufficient willingness to go against what has been followed, and tolerance of violence have created discrimination and domination over females. In addition,females are biased by virtue; beautiful, polite, tolerable, civilized, shy, and mannerly whenever they are expected to discrimination by male and the society. Further, the girls are taught to be obedient and well-mannered to men and family authority from early childhood so that they could satisfy all the requirements of male and the practices of male dominated society for their entire lifetime. The women are compelled to believe in almighty despite all the causes of discrimination by the men themselves. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the study, it includes background of the study,statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study,de limitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms.The second chapter consists of the review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the study, and conceptual framework. In the similar vein, the third chapter includes design of the study, sample and sampling strategy, data collection tools, sources of data, data collection procedure, data analysis method and ethical consideration. The fourth chapter is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the data. The fifth chapter deals with the findings, pedagogical implications, conclusion and recommendations of the study. Eventually, the study contains references and appendix.