Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri : a study of the evolution of neo-femininity and ‘Colonial Masculinity’ in the historical perspective

Abstract

           Aurobindo’s magnum opus Savitri brings into foreground the poetic self which on the one hand interrogates the then-existent norms of patriarchy through the characters of Yama, the personified state of dominant male identity in vogue; and on the other hand heralds the birth of the neo-feminine force in Savitri, free from weakness, grief, pain: a harmonized entity exuding the delight of existence, aiming beyond the existential fever of the body and the mind.