Un(s)pecified space: A Spatial Reading of Bravely Fought the Queen

  • Shuvro Das Jahangirnagar University
Keywords: Gender, dynamic, contemporary, Indian, identity

Abstract

Mahesh Dattani’s plays thought to be the mirrors of contemporary Indian society. Discussing the undercurrent of so-called ‘modern life’- he is one of the pioneers in highlighting the ever changing human relations vis-à-vis space and time. In this very paper, a spatial reading has been attempted regarding Dattani’s Bravely Fought the Queen. The focus of this paper is to produce a spatial reading of Bravely Fought the Queen to understand what dynamic roles the spaces in the text play in the construction of this gendered identity and similarly how gendered practices and the subversion of them causes the space to modify itself.

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Author Biography

Shuvro Das, Jahangirnagar University

Shuvro Das is an enthusiast of literarure, culture and human life. He has completed his B.A (Hons.) in English and M.A in Literature in English and Cultural Studies from Jahangirnagar University. His research interests include, but are not limited to- postcolonialism, contemporary and popular literature, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Rhetoric and Composition. He is currently working as an independent researcher and has a dream of having a PhD in future.

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Primary Source
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CLRI May 2024
Published
2024-05-31
How to Cite
Das, S. “Un(s)pecified Space: A Spatial Reading of Bravely Fought the Queen”. Contemporary Literary Review India, Vol. 11, no. 2, May 2024, pp. 48-55, https://literaryjournal.in/index.php/clri/article/view/882.
Issue
Vol 11 No 2: CLRI May 2024
Section
Research Papers

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