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Title پاکستانی اردو افسانے میں خواتین کے مسائل

Author(s) Nazia Younis

Abstract Problems of women in Urdu short stories of Pakistan: An Analytical study More than half of world’s population consists of women. The women is forced to live life according the social norms, attitudes moral ethical values, and laws of the land. In a male dominated society the status of women is not decided in a fair and just manner. The rights of women are exploited due to which many problems have emerge in the society Generally in Urdu literature and especially in Urdu short stories such issues are presented nicely. It was not possible for the writers of short stories to stay away from the realities of women’s life. Hence the writers of short stories tried to give a reflection of these problems of the women of the era. The research work done for present dissertation also focuses on such issues. In this study social economic and psychological problems of women have been probed. The circumstances which give rise to these problems have also been studied. The manuscript has been divided in to six chapters. First chapter emphasis the problems of women in a historical perspective. Second Chapter cover the period of short stories written prior to the creation of Pakistan. The third Chapter problems faced by women in 1st period of Pakistan as presented in short stories by various writers have been analyzed. In the fourth, chapter too, the short stories of various writers who have tried to raise issues faced by women have been discussed. In the fifth chapter, modern period and its demands new problems of women of modern era along with a blend of old problems have been analyzed.

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Language English

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