WOMEN’S ACCREDITATION IN PAKISTANI URDU LITERATURE: A FEMINIST STUDY OF NIMRA AHMAD’S JANNAT KEY PATTY

Abstract

This article addresses the women accreditation in Pakistani post-colonial Urdu fiction by analyzing a renowned novel Jannat Kay Patty by Nimra Ahmad. This novel seems to raise voice about the myth that women is depicted as a marginalized and oppressed entity in Pakistani Urdu literature. The analysis of the novel is carried out under the patronage of post- colonial feminist theory. The research design of this qualitative study is based on the textual analysis of regarded novel Jannat Kay Patty by analyzing the text, it has found but it is only a myth that women is outline as suppressive entity. And by analyzing, the outcome proves that although many of Urdu fictions presents the male’s hegemony and imparts a message that women are subservient to the socio-cultural norms and patriarchal society. But the results were much contrary to that hypothesis; it has found out that it is only a narrative that base on only hypothesis. This article proves that this is only a myth, women are depicted empowered in Urdu literature, and even this is proven by the feminist novel writer Nimra Ahmad.