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ANALYSISOF THE SELECT NOVELS OF JOHN UPDIKE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SECOND WAVE FEMINISM

    1 Author(s):  ANSHU CHAUDHARY

Vol -  5, Issue- 4 ,         Page(s) : 87 - 94  (2014 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

John Updike, the two times Pulitzer winner novelist has been accused of giving a marginalized status to his female characters. He did not give insight into the female characters and they were not treated as thinking animals but exist only to fulfill man’s physical needs. Updike was a Barthian and his views on the existence of women seem to be inspired by him. Yet his novels also depicted some strong female characters.The present paper analyzes the appropriateness of the charge of misogynist that was attributed against him. The study is done on his famous novels Rabbit, Run, Couples, and Of the Farm, with a passing reference on Rabbit Redux and Marry Me. The leader of second wave feminism in America Betty Friedan’s revolutionary work Feminine Mystique has been taken as a touchstone to judge the appropriateness of the charge against Updike.

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2. Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., Feb 19, 1963.
3. Mano, D.Keith.“Doughy Middleness,” National Review. 30 August 1974.
4. Updike, John. Couples. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1969.
5. ---.Couples. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
6. ---. Midpoint. Greenwich: Fawcett-Crest, 1969.
7. ---. Marry Me. NewYork: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
8. ---. Of the Farm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
9. ---.Rabbit Redux. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
10. ---.Rabbit, Run. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.
11. ---.The Centaur. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.

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