In the last two decades, there has been a new turn in Indian English children’s literature that seeks to move beyond a didactic and moralistic setup within a homogenised culture to a more plural context where marginal voices can be represented sensitively without being sensationalised. Within this articulation, conventional gender roles have been challenged targetting female characters who resist simplistic gender binaries. Through a close reading of two texts – Mayil Will Not Be Quiet! (2011) and Queen of Ice (2014) – this article attempts to explore this shift in twenty-first century Indian English children’s literature. It will argue that by privileging the very voices that were excluded from previous Indian English children’s literature, these texts subvert the traditional gender roles and expectations that have remained such a dominant feature of this genre.

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二十一世纪印度英语儿童文学中的“历史故事”：颠覆Mayil中的性别二元论不会变得安静！和冰之女王

在过去的二十年中，印度英语儿童文学出现了新的转变，试图从同质化文化中的讲授和道德设置过渡到更为多元的环境，在这种环境中可以敏锐地表达边缘声音而不会引起轰动。在这种表达方式中，传统的性别角色已经受到挑战，以抵抗简单的性别二元的女性角色为目标。通过仔细阅读两个文本–梅耶尔不会安静！（2011）和《冰雪女王》（2014）–本文试图探讨二十一世纪印度英语儿童文学的这种转变。它将辩称，通过特权来排除以前的印度英语儿童文学作品所排除的声音，