The Protagonist's Exploration of Inner Space in Deshpande's Novel "Time Issue"

• DOI: 10.53469/jerp.2024.06(09).07
• Publication Date: 2024-09-26T01:18:45Z
• Authors: Suraj Kumar; Kukku Youseff

This paper seeks to work out the notion of 'inner space' followed by a brief discussion concept 'self as its natural corollary. It shows how despite all odds, Shashi Deshpande's female protagonists constantly search for inner space. The way they resist and question their family situations characterized gender discrimination, male domination, negotiate socio-cultural patriarchal setup, will be special point focus. extent which succeed in procuring individual space themselves ascertained on basis available textual evidence. An attempt also made lucidly stages growth part process (i.e. actualization self), is completely infringed dictates culturally prescriptive code evolved especially tame, exploit, subdue dominate women.