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@article{192973,
        author = {Moulya M and Dr. Yagnasri S},
        title = {An Existential Reading of Female subjectivity in sister Jesme’s Amen: The Autobiography of a Nun},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {3479-3481},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192973},
        abstract = {This article offers a Sartrean existentialist reading of Amen: The Autobiography of a Nun by Sister Jesme, examining the emergence of female subjectivity within the restrictive structures of Catholic monastic life in Kerala. Drawing exclusively on Jean-Paul Sartre’s concepts of consciousness, freedom, choice, responsibility, bad faith, and authenticity, the study traces Jesme’s transformation from institutional obedience to existential self-assertion. The article argues that Jesme’s autobiography records a movement from bad faith—where freedom is denied under the guise of religious duty—toward authentic existence, where the subject assumes responsibility for defining her own being. Life-writing is thus read as an existential act through which the narrator affirms her freedom by choosing herself against an oppressive institutional order. The study demonstrates that even within rigid religious structures, Sartrean freedom persists as an inescapable condition, revealing female subjectivity as a project forged through choice, negation, and conscious refusal.},
        keywords = {Sartrean Existentialism; Freedom; Bad Faith; Authenticity; Female Subjectivity; Life Writing; Catholic Monasticism.},
        month = {February},
        }