Archetypal Study of Female Identity in Manju Kapur’s Difficult Daughters and Githa Hariharan’s The Thousand Faces of Night

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The paper examines how female protagonists navigate cultural scripts and patriarchal limitations.
It illustrates how archetypes serve both as oppressive structures and avenues for re-visioning identity.
Kapur’s and Hariharan's works demonstrate women's struggles for autonomy against societal expectations.
The analysis employs archetypal theory to deepen understanding of women's literary representation.

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Archetypal theory reveals constraints on female identity in literature, highlighting cultural scripts and patriarchal barriers.

Vinaya Peter (2025) studied this question.

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