Utpala Utters: The Woman Question in Jibanananda Das' Malloban.

The article discusses a study examining the Woman Question in the Bengali novel "Malloban" by Jibanananda Das as a critical locus of feminist narratological inquiry. The novel is said to inscribe female defiance as an inscrutable menace and feminine opacity as narrative incoherence. The study theori...

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Publicado en:Women's Studies Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 180 - 197
Autores principales: Bhattacharyya, Sampriti, Ghosh Sarbadhikary, Mallika
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2026
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