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Feminist Hauntology in Indian Folkloric Fiction: A Derridian Reading of Yakshini and Shakchuni

Author(s) Ms. Kalyani Sanjay Nawate, Ms. Roseleena Abhijit Dhilpe
Country India
Abstract Hauntology by Jacques Derrida refers to the haunting of the past events and affects the present time. It explores nostalgic memories, uncanny experiences, flashbacks and unsettling presence of unknown. Derrida talks about Hauntology in Spectres of Marx blurring and intersecting between materialism and abstract. He discloses the concept of Spectres or ghosts being the entity for the source of Hauntology. The present paper significantly studies the idea of Hauntology through the novels – Shakchuni by Arnab Ray and Yakshini by Neil d Silva.
Shakchuni as a spectre comes from Bengali folklores which portrays her as a haunted spirit who possesses married women. In the novel ,it encapsulates the elements of patriarchy, guilt, exploitation seeming to develop the thematic presentation and background of haunting in it.
Yakshini by Neil d Silva examines how women's haunting presence in stories exposes trauma and questions societal expectations of women. It reveals how female ghosts in Indian folklore are not just reminders of the past, but symbols of women's struggles demanding justice. These stories challenge patriarchal norms and offer a new perspective for understanding the past and present.
Feministic Hauntology deals with the themes of Past injustice, Exclusion, Oppression, Marginalization and Violence done to women that lingers from past to present and future events. As per the folklers Shakchuni has physical deformity and Yakshini is a very beautiful young woman associated with Fertility.
Keywords Hauntology, Past injustice, Haunting narrative, Folkloric spectres.
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Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-07-07
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.50574
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