Use of Abusive Language: Shobha De?s Rebelian Style of Writing

Dr. Kirti Dorshetwar

Abstract: Indian English literature has produced a galaxy of women writers touching various facets of women?s life. In the use of Language, Shobha De seems to be breaking new grounds. De breaks the shackles of linguistic disciplines by boldly employing what would normally be considered highly objectionable language, thereby liberating the language also from the male hegemony. Her fiction ?transports? us to a world where ?fair is foul and foul is fair. De puts specially into the mouth of the women character slang words and phrases, uses English and Hindi words together, uses of repetition of words and sometimes uses of capital letters in the middle of the sentence.

Keywords: Galaxy, Facets, Shackles, Hegemony, Transports