A Study of Gender Roles and Identities in "The Golden Notebook" From Feminist Perspective

The basic aim of this research paper is to highlight the roles of different genders in the novel: "The Golden Notebook" by Doris Lessing. The reason to select this novel is to portray her new genre of literature writing. As a feminist perspective, the researchers have overviewed all major themes of this novel like emotional breakdown, cracks, identity crises, marriage, sexual desires, and women quest for true love, patriarchal society, writer's block and meaninglessness of life. The writers captured the real picture of that society and in this way we can observe the identity and roles of different genders. Findings of the study reveal that gender roles and identities in this novel are the major issues in all ages and most of the times women suffered from these psychological conflicts.