Myth, Memory, and Female Agency in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions: Reclaiming Draupadi’s Voice Through Feminist Myth-Making
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions (2008) retells a mythical tale of Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi, making the traditional epic narrative a tale of women’s consciousness and rebellion. In this paper, I would like to discuss how the author uses the concepts of myth as a living cultural m...