Poetcrit

Current Volume: 37 (2024 )

ISSN: 0970-2830

Periodicity: Half-Yearly

Month(s) of Publication: January & July

Subject: Language & Literature

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/POET

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“Self-Help is Help-Self”: ‘The New Motto of Self-Aggrandizement in Manto’s Women’

By : Preeti Chaudhary

Page No: 15-22

Abstract:
This research paper aims to study Saadat Hassan Manto, a well known short story writer in South Asia. Most of his works target the whole generation of women who were the worst sufferers before and after partition, whose bodies and ‘self’ were crushed. They suffer the heaviest acts of rape and murder which became common during the partition of Indian subcontinent in 1947. This research paper emphasizes on the victimization and narrative of women who were detected and supposed to be mute and totally ignored. Manto does not differentiate between classes and represent the magnified image of despoiled and partitioned self of women. He remains neutral and yet strong when it comes to his view. It also comments on Manto’s innovative technique of giving voice to the ignored section of society, women, who displayed their victimization and marginalization strive to make a living and try and make sense of their scattered realities.

Author :
Preeti Chaudhary
Preeti Chaudhary, (Ph.D.), is an Assistant Professor in N.K.B.M.G. (P.G.) College, Chandausi (Sambhal). Her area of interest is in Urdu Literature.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/POET.2023.36.01.3

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