TERRORISM VERSUS IDEALISM: A STUDY OF DORIS LESSING’S 'THE GOOD TERRORIST' (Pages 92-98) by Ms. M. Thangeswari* and Dr. R. Rita Yasodha** in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

Doris Lessing is a versatile writer. She was born in Persia and she settled in South Africa. She thus has sufficient experiences in witnessing the sufferings of the black people. It is exposed through her novels. Generally her works deal with racism, feminism and childhood development. Elizabeth Maslen comments: “Lessing’s writings always nudge from simply private towards public and the representative and wider historical, political and social implication are invariably part of the picture, especially since her characters are frequently framed as ‘representative’ ” (Iyer 13). In the present paper, I would like to proceed with the idealism and terrorism in Doris Lessing’s The Good Terrorist.oris Lessing is a versatile writer. She was born in Persia and she settled in South Africa. She thus has sufficient experiences in witnessing the sufferings of the black people. It is exposed through her novels. Generally her works deal with racism, feminism and childhood development. Elizabeth Maslen comments: “Lessing’s writings always nudge from simply private towards public and the representative and wider historical, political and social implication are invariably part of the picture, especially since her characters are frequently framed as ‘representative’ ” (Iyer 13). In the present paper, I would like to proceed with the idealism and terrorism in Doris Lessing’s The Good Terrorist.Key-words: terrorism, revolution, anti-capitalist, communist etc.