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Gender specific proverbs using animals as metaphor to equate human qualities is an intriguing area and the present study unfolds the representation of males and females through animals in Urdu proverbs.
current research explores gender representation in Urdu proverbs through fauna i.e. animals. This will help future researchers who want to work on proverbs having the references of plans and animals. It also helps in understanding symbolism through animals, anthropomorphism and animal metaphors for future researchers. LITERATURE REVIEW
Summary. In India and Pakistan, Urdu poetry connects a multiplicity of voices in the public domain, appealing to an elite class, and extends beyond that ‘ashrafization’ in its formulation as an everyday lived experience offering different trajectories across a variety of spaces.
20 lip 2024 · This comprehensive examination enriches our appreciation of the historical and literary significance of women’s poetry in Urdu, shedding light on the powerful interplay between gender, literature, and societal change.
In tracing their narratives, I note a unique secular and sacred aesthetic in the work of Progressive women poets in Pakistan. I suggest that the world of Urdu literary culture does not always follow geographical boundaries; it is transnational and global but has been subject to ideological interventions and culture wars in Pakistan and India.
3 mar 2020 · This issue of WWB is concerned with exploring new approaches to Urdu feminist writing. The field of Urdu writing generally, and Urdu feminist writing particularly, is so woefully unknown in English that our most urgent task is to bring attention to extremely important but underrecognized writers.
I have chosen Urdu literature as it has a significant importance in the history of the subcontinent, particularly during the colonial polity of British India as well as for post-colonial state practices in Pakistan. I have further narrowed down my corpus to the genre of short story, which is a
