Mothers and Daughters: A Study of Selected Fiction by Indian W om en N ovelists in English Arpana Nath Departm ent of H um anities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology G uw ahati G uw ahati -- 781039, India April 2010 Mothers and Daughters: A Study of Selected Fiction by Indian W om en N ovelists in English A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Arpana N ath R oll N o. 05614103 Departm ent of H um anities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology G uw ahati G uw ahati -- 781039, India April 2010 TH-953_05614103 Dedicated to my parents TH-953_05614103 STATEMEN T I hereby declare that the matter embodied in this thesis, entitled Mothers and Daughters: A Study of Selected Fiction by Indian Women Novelists in English, is the result of research carried out by me in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India under the supervision of Dr. Rohini Mokashi-Punekar, Associate Professor, in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Arpana Nath Research Scholar IIT Guwahati Department of Humanities & Social Sciences April 2010 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati TH-953_05614103 Indian Institute of Technology G uw ahati Department of Humanities & Social Sciences Guwahati - 781 039 Assam, INDIA Phone: +91-361-2582555 Dr. Rohini Mokashi-Punekar Fax: +91-361-2582599 Associate Professor Email:
[email protected] [email protected] C ER TIFIC ATE It is certified that the matter embodied in the thesis entitled Mothers and Daughters: A Study of Selected Fiction by Indian Women Novelists in English, submitted for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Arpana Nath, a student of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, has been carried out under my supervision.