SUBMITTED BY, UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF,

Dr. M. KASIRAJAN,
PAVITHRA V, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
II MA ENGLSH, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY. LANGUAGES,
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY.
 INTRODUCTION
 THEORY - THE SPATIAL TRAID- THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE -
HENRI LEVEBVRE.
CHAPTERIZATION
 BOOK – THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK (1962) by DORIS LESSING. 1- Introduction
2- Review of the Related
OBJECTIVE
Literature
 To recognize the difference between the
underlying productions of space 3- A brief Overview of Spatial
Traid Theory
HYPOTHESIS 4- An analysis of Spatial
 Space in general term refers to the physical space
Representations
that immediately surrounds someone.
 There is no one single space all the time. 5- Summing up
 STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL
 Free women 3
 Free women 1
 Black Notebook
 Black Notebook
 Red Notebook
 Red Notebook
 Yellow Notebook
 Yellow Notebook  Blue Notebook
 Blue Notebook
 Free women 2  Free women 4
 Black Notebook  Black Notebook
 Red Notebook  Red Notebook
 Yellow Notebook
 Yellow Notebook
 The Golden  Blue Notebook
 Blue Notebook
Notebook
 Free Women 5
 Formation of Space occurs through
these three elements of the model

SPATIAL PRACTICE- Everyday

routines and experiences form their
own social space.

REPRESENTATION OF SPACE –
Production of Abstract Space.

REPRESENTATIONAL SPACE –
HENRY LEFEBVRE’S THE SPATIAL TRAID Symbolic value is given to a place by
its inhabitants.
 SPATIAL TRAID IN THE GOLDEN
NOTEBOOK
THEORY ANALYSIS
= All the Free Women chapters in the novel.
 SPATIAL PRACTICE

 REPRESENTATION OF SPACE = Frontiers of War, Second world War, Mashopi

Hotel.

 REPRESENTATIONAL SPACE = All the Four Coloured notebooks (Black, Red,

Yellow, Blue)
 SUMMING UP
FINDINGS OF LIMITATIONS OF SCOPE FOR FURTHER
THE RESEARCH THE RESEARCH RESEARCH

 Locating three  Limited to Space  Colour and its

types of spaces  Varies from one representational
 Compartments culture to significance.
another  Literature and
 Other theorists. Psychology
 Feminist perspective
 Auto biographical
elements.