Framing postmodern Sita in Sita
Daughter of the Earth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22003397 |
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| Authors | Kalplata Kalplata (English and Foreign Languages University), Kalplata (English and Foreign Languages University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 280-300 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2150-4857 • E-ISSN: 2150-4865 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21504857.2025.2462662 |
| OpenAlex | W4408115879 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In Saraswati Nagpal’s graphic novel Sita: Daughter of the Earth, the mythological tale of Princess Sita of the kingdom of Videha, and later the wife of Rama, comes alive. She incarnates the cyclical eternal recurrence of the struggles and hardships of a woman caught in the wheel of time. This paper analyses Nagpal’s use of vocabulary and the grammar of a graphic narrative to frame Sita in a postmodern fluid space, aiming to liberate her from the prevalent hegemonic ‘popular’ image of feminine submissiveness, silence and passivity. Nagpal ‘decolonises’ Sita and ‘alternates’ her destiny. Sita connects with her ‘self,’ articulates her experiences, and asserts her agency. This paper explores Sita’s decolonisation in a postmodern space
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Astrobiology · Literature · Physics · Postmodernism · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History
| Highly cited | No |
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