Abstract
Woman-water homology appears in modern Bengali literature (namely poetry) in various aspects: as the archetypal symbol of creation and destruction, symbol of the womb as the beginning and end of life and rebirth (connoting both physical womb and eternal womb), and also of the womb as dark mysteriousness; a symbol of the continuation, preservation of life, symbol of transience and elusiveness, traditional male written poetic symbol of charm and beauty. In the demystifying, subversive (not only female) poetic imagination, it may also construct the symbol of eternal unity with the female principle, articulate a specific concept of female identity.
Recommended Citation
Knotkova-Capkova, Blanka
(2006)
"Symbols of Water and Woman on Selected Examples of Modern Bengali Literature in the Context of Mythological Tradition,"
Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 3:
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1, Article 3.
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