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Title: Comparative Study of Mythological Women in the Fiction of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Kavita Kane for Gender Inclusive Learning.
Authors: R., Swathi Gudipati1 swathi.devi2011@gmail.com, S., Rajeswari2 rajishankar96@gmail.com, Sailaja Eswara3 sailu.eswara@gmail.com, Y., Raghunath Rao4 yraghunath1@gmail.com, S., Farhad5 farhad.anu21@gmail.com
Source: International Journal of Special Education. 2026 Special Issue, Vol. 41, p967-974. 8p.
Subject Terms: *Gender studies, *Authors, *Discourse analysis, Digital humanities, Narration, Goddesses
People: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
Abstract: This study develops a computationally grounded comparative framework to examine mythological female representations in the fiction of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Kavita Kane, addressing a measurable gap in gender-inclusive literary pedagogy. A corpus-driven analysis integrating natural language processing, sentiment modelling, and narrative agency indexing reveals that only 28% of prior curriculum-linked studies quantify female narrative centrality. The findings indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) in agency distribution, voice intensity, and resistance constructs across the two authors’ works. Divakaruni’s narratives demonstrate higher dialogic plurality, while Kane’s texts exhibit deeper internalized agency reconstruction. The study proposes a novel Gender-Inclusive Literary Analytics Model (GILAM) that operationalizes inclusivity through quantifiable discourse metrics. This model enables scalable curriculum integration, offering a replicable methodological contribution to digital humanities and gender studies, and advancing evidence-based inclusive learning design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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