f of all the secrets so that I could depart when the time came, with a scrubbed- out conscience. This life narrative plays the vital role in the healing of wound made by traumatic experience in her life. Smith and Watson defines “the autobiographical writing functions at the mode of heeling” as a “scripto- therapy”. It includes the process of both “writing out and through traumatic experiences in the mode of therapeutic reenactment” (202). Kamala auto journey in to the past proves cathartic and catalyst for heeling. She says “I have written several books in my life time but none of them provided the pleasure the writing of My Story has given me” (preface, My Story). My Story includes her traumatic experiences of childhood days. Kamala Das says
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It includes the voice of a woman, a child, a wife, a lover, a mother and a writer. This autobiography has fifty chapters. Each chapters have their own titles and they are explicable in themselves. For example “Matrimony”, ”An Arranged Marriage”, “The Brutality of Sex”, “Like a Toy a Son”, “Desire to Die” and so on. Each chapters are fragmented and not in chronological order. The narrator has her own unique narrative style. Suresh Patel says that Das’s “narrative method is very bold and authentic” (3).It is the honest exploration of frustration of an Indian woman who is crushed under the customs and tradition of Indian society. Regarding the narration of My Story A.V.S. Jayaannapurna …show more content…
M. H Abrahams takes confessional writing as “ the fact and intimate mental and physical experiences of the poet’s own life and includes socking details with which the poet reveals private or clinical matters about himself or herself , including sexual experiences ,mental anguishes and illness ,experiments with drugs and suicidal impulses.”(167). Like other confessional writer, Kamala das exposes her mental and physical experiences of her own life. Kamala is the victim of patriarchal standards. Her father’s “autocratic” and husband’s “cruel” and “brutal” behavior leads her to live traumatic life. Kamala’s suicidal attempt and suffering of nervous breakdown makes her similar to other confessional writer. Kamala’s exposed her sexual experiences and cold relation to her husband also included in the features of confessional writer. In a paper, titled, “A Kaleidoscopic View of Kamala Das’ My Story” R. Tamil Selvi, compares Kamala Das with Sylvia Path.
“… Kamala Das does not throw herself off the balcony. At this juncture, we are reminded of Sylvia Plath, another woman writer who also underwent the same trauma as Kamala did. Their stylistic and thematic concerns are similar, as far as form and content are considered. Both writers express themselves as victims of patriarchy, both use confessional voices, both are victims of authoritarian father figures, both are let down by husbands, both show a remarkable love for their children, both are prone
It includes the voice of a woman, a child, a wife, a lover, a mother and a writer. This autobiography has fifty chapters. Each chapters have their own titles and they are explicable in themselves. For example “Matrimony”, ”An Arranged Marriage”, “The Brutality of Sex”, “Like a Toy a Son”, “Desire to Die” and so on. Each chapters are fragmented and not in chronological order. The narrator has her own unique narrative style. Suresh Patel says that Das’s “narrative method is very bold and authentic” (3).It is the honest exploration of frustration of an Indian woman who is crushed under the customs and tradition of Indian society. Regarding the narration of My Story A.V.S. Jayaannapurna …show more content…
M. H Abrahams takes confessional writing as “ the fact and intimate mental and physical experiences of the poet’s own life and includes socking details with which the poet reveals private or clinical matters about himself or herself , including sexual experiences ,mental anguishes and illness ,experiments with drugs and suicidal impulses.”(167). Like other confessional writer, Kamala das exposes her mental and physical experiences of her own life. Kamala is the victim of patriarchal standards. Her father’s “autocratic” and husband’s “cruel” and “brutal” behavior leads her to live traumatic life. Kamala’s suicidal attempt and suffering of nervous breakdown makes her similar to other confessional writer. Kamala’s exposed her sexual experiences and cold relation to her husband also included in the features of confessional writer. In a paper, titled, “A Kaleidoscopic View of Kamala Das’ My Story” R. Tamil Selvi, compares Kamala Das with Sylvia Path.
“… Kamala Das does not throw herself off the balcony. At this juncture, we are reminded of Sylvia Plath, another woman writer who also underwent the same trauma as Kamala did. Their stylistic and thematic concerns are similar, as far as form and content are considered. Both writers express themselves as victims of patriarchy, both use confessional voices, both are victims of authoritarian father figures, both are let down by husbands, both show a remarkable love for their children, both are prone