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Emancipation and Subjugation of Women in the Short Stories of Rashid Jahan
Abstract
The motive pursuing this research venture is to discuss the short stories of Rashid Jahan which is translated by Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil in the book A Rebel and Her Cause. Rashid Jahan was an Urdu feminist writer in pre and post partition era of Indian subcontinent. The translator of the book Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil is a well-known Indian writer, critic and literary historian. Rashid Jahan in her writings has boldly discussed about the problems and issues a female faces in the Asian Muslim society. Her aim of writing such stories is to instigate people to think and reveal about the times they were living in. The research design adopted for this study was exploratory and qualitative which underwent meticulous investigation of the book through the lens of Feminism. Both typical and critical case sampling techniques were used to determine the sample from the book understudy. The findings of this study raised the issue of gender inequality and its effects on females’ social, biological, psychological and emotional life. The scope and intensity of this problem has been explored in the light of the themes and context of the primary data. Additionally, what further steps could be taken to get rid of this overrated women plight from the minds and societies have also been discussed.
Authors
Dr. Muhammad Arfan Lodhi
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Department, Collegiate Wing, Punjab, Pakistan
Mahwish Robab
Associate Lecturer, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Summia Anood
Associate Lecturer, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Emancipation, Psychological Trauma, Social Restraints,Subjugation, Women Plight
