Portrayal of Women in Khatt-e-Marmuz by Fehmida Riaz and Chahtain Kesi by Razia Butt

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200728.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

women, feminism, Urdu writings, patriarchy, stereotypical, women portrayal

Abstract

Women representation in Urdu fiction writing presents variety of women issues in Pakistan. These fiction writings are highly influenced by society, religion, patriarchy and culture. This research is conducted to highlight women portrayal by two female writers of Urdu. One is Fehmida Riaz and the other is Razia Butt’s. Fahmida is famous for her feminist writings of which her ideology revolves around women subjugation, touching the most feminine characteristic of women lives “i.e.” love, affection and sacrifice. Meanwhile, Razia Butt’s writing is about more conventional household women. This comparative research discusses portrayal of women from two different points of views which will reveal the ideology of both writers, status of women & stereotypical image of women. These stories also reflect writer’s personal observations, beliefs, goals and expectations.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zarnab Rana
AU  - Sarah Shahed
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/28
TI  - Portrayal of Women in Khatt-e-Marmuz by Fehmida Riaz and Chahtain Kesi by Razia Butt
BT  - Annual International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (AICOSH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 6
EP  - 8
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200728.002
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200728.002
ID  - Rana2020
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