Anita Desai and Arundhati Roy are the two most celebrated feminist novelists, whose personality and vision have been shaped and designed by the traditional Indian society. Both the novelists have quite poignantly depicted the development of the rebellious female psyche under the influence of oppressive patriarchy. This is an age of globalisation where individuals try to make their self-identity reveal to the whole world. Freedom is the demand of every human being. Now, women are also well aware of their hidden potential and education has provided them enough inner enthusiasm and confidence to break the boundaries of dos and don’ts bravely. They are trying their level best to regain their lost identity by self-assertion. The present research paper aims at analysing the depiction of the development of rebellious female psyche in the select novels of Anita Desai and Arundhati Roy comparatively. This analysis attempts at finding out all those instances which made Desai and Roy create female protagonists like Maya, Monisha, Amla, Tara, Bimla, Mira Masi, Nanda Kaul, Raka, Ammu, Mammachi, Baby Kochamma, Rahel et al.
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Gautam Buddha Mahila College, Gaya, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
