Volume 18, No. 5, 2021
Deconstruction Of “The Woman” In Rupi Kaur’s Poetry: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis
Iqra Parvaiz , Attia Anwer Zoon , Saadia Fatima
Abstract
The study investigates the feminist representation in the poetry of an Indo-Canadian poet, Rupi Kaur, who started off with a new genre of poetry and eventually published two poetry volumes. The poetess mainly writes to protest and challenge the social issues related to women. The study is going to examine some particular aspects of Kaur’s poetry to highlight how language and linguistic choices help to depict the hidden truths of society about womanhood. The major themes of her poetry are analyzed from the perspective of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis. The research methodology focuses on the interpretation of the selected poems from her collections. This study observes the phenomena how Rupi Kaur connects with women from around the globe through the common motifs of her Instapoetry. She adds a unique touch to her poetry through her illustrations, which also speak for the content of the poem they’re connected to. In a brief and concise manner, Kaur aims to take apart the phenomena of societal constructs about women behaviors and gendered power. She achieves this through various linguistic elements and takes every woman reading her poetry on a journey to self-acceptance and emancipation.
Pages: 2346-2362
Keywords: The purpose of feminist movement actually is to help provide equal rights to everyone and to create and nourish a free society that would benefit everyone equally Meriluoto (2019).