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In Raja Rao’s novel The Cat and Shakespeare the existential quest of Pai, an Indian male, can be studied as mirroring that of Hamlet. However, Pai's progress consists in his resistance to the stereotyped power-imbued values of both ‘Shakespeare’s’ and his own culture, i. e. those related to colonization, radical authoritarian nationalism, caste, species and gender, the last-mentioned being the focus of this paper.

BREAKING STEREOTYPES: MALE VIEW OF THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE IN RAJA RAO’S THE CAT AND SHAKESPEARE

Charles University Prague; IMAGER Université Paris Est-Créteil Ovocný trh 3-5 1, 116 36, Prague The Czech Republic; 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle 94010 Créteil, France

Gender Studies

In Raja Rao’s novel The Cat and Shakespeare the existential quest of Pai, an Indian male, can be studied as mirroring that of Hamlet. However, Pai's progress...

BREAKING STEREOTYPES: MALE VIEW OF THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE IN RAJA RAO’S THE CAT AND SHAKESPEARE

Published Online: Feb 14, 2014

Page range: 164 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2013-0010

Keywords
cat, guru, house, Shakti, spiritual progress, stereotype

This content is open access.

BREAKING STEREOTYPES: MALE VIEW OF THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE IN RAJA RAO’S THE CAT AND SHAKESPEARE

Published Online: Feb 14, 2014

Page range: 164 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2013-0010

Keywordscat, guru, house, Shakti, spiritual progress, stereotype

This content is open access.

Keywords
cat, guru, house, Shakti, spiritual progress, stereotype