• LANGUAGE, GENDER, AND DISLOCATION: APPLYING LINGUISTIC THEORIES TO KAMALA DAS’S AN INTRODUCTION

  DOI:DOI:18.A003.aarf.J14I01.010402

POOJA PRAMOD WAVHAL , DR. PRANAV DATTATRAY KHOCHE

Abstract: This study analyses Kamala Das’s poem, “An Introduction,” published in 1965, from a linguistic perspective. This poem explores themes of gender identity and language. This is a confessional poem. The present study uses three linguistic approaches to analyse the selected poem. The research methodology employed in this study is the application of speech act theory, politeness theory, and metaphor theory. The study will provide a close reading of the text “An Introduction” by Kamla Das. The study argues that linguistic theories enhance the interpretation of literary texts. This study reveals that Kamla Das’s speech act emphasises autonomy, her refusal of politeness, the patriarchally imposed norms, and the metaphor of\r\nlanguage and body, which focuses on identity dislocation.