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, atitudes 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 espceially
in Urdu short stories such issue are presented nicely It was not possible for the
writers of short stories to stay away from the realities of womens life. Hence the
writers of short stories tried to give a reflection of these problems of the women
of their 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
covers 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 analysed. In the fourth, chapter too,
the short stories of various writers who have tried to raise issues faced by
women have been disscussed. In the fifth chapter, modern period and its
demands new problems of woman of modern era along with a blend of old
problems have been analysed.
