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September 10, 2025Open Access

That Long Silence: A Dialogue in the Silence

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The study reveals that dialogue plays a crucial role in the narrative structure of the novel.
It highlights how women characters use dialogue as a counteracting force against their silence.
Focusing on dialogue deepens the understanding of generational silencing themes presented by Deshpande.
This exploration suggests new interpretations within feminist literary criticism.

Abstract

That Long Silence written by one of the most notable contemporary Indian women novelists, Shashi Deshpande, bagged Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990. The novel presents an account of the life of Jaya using first person narrative. It has been mostly read from feminist perspective; critics focused their attention on the themes of generational silencing of women and silence, used by the women characters, as a strategy for their survival. The present study intends to move this focus from silence to the dialogue that runs, at different levels, throughout the novel.

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Mamta Dr. Mamta (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1954e9b7b07f3a0618c78 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.35629/9467-13094750

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