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@article{189645,
        author = {Dr Bijayendra Jha},
        title = {A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MAITHILI NOVEL : TWENTY FIRST CENTURY},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {7008-7019},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189645},
        abstract = {In the presented article, a critical study of Maithili novels published in the 21st century along with the introduction to Maithili novel-literature has been presented. A general introduction to about two hundred and fifty novels published in the present century is mentioned here, which can prove useful for students, researchers and teachers.
In this article, we can reach the conclusion that on the one hand, practical realism is found in the Maithili novels of the 21st century, while on the other hand, idealism has also been incorporated. Many novels are filled with the supernatural and wonderful flights of imagination. Now in Maithili novel- literature, introverted portrayal is often seen to be prominent. The composition of the period under review seems to be based on social relativity and reality. In some novels, a touch of humour, stylistic uniqueness, existentialist approach and predominance of psychoanalysis are also seen. Progressivism, realism, women's discourse, Dalit discourse, coordination of Indo-European work-culture, sensitivity, social inequality, casteism, women empowerment etc. have been the central themes in the novelistic works of the present century.},
        keywords = {Composition, Novelistic, Progressivism, Psychoanalysis, Sensitivity, Supernatural, Women empowerment,},
        month = {December},
        }