http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).05
10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).05
Published : Jun 2023
Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis
The study is based on the feminist movement, which has vividly challenged the basic social structures of society, through which for many years' women are being used as a tool of depression. The study explores the stereotypical notions of femininity and masculinity that are present in such societies and it also sheds light on how women are socialized in patriarchal societies. The study also examines how women are portrayed in Pakistani literature and media and emphasize what type of prejudice and mistreatment they experience. Furthermore, the research looks at the works of postcolonial theorist Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak, whose critical perspectives are centred on oppressive systems. Spivak criticizes the limitations and divisions faced by subalterns through her deconstruction of Western academic knowledge. Finally, the paper delves into Mouni Mohsin's novel The End of Innocence, which tells the love story of Rani and Laila in West Pakistan while highlighting the oppression and mistreatment of women in the country.
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Subalternity, Mouni Mohsin, The End of Innocence, Feminist, Literary Analysis
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(1) Kalsoom Afzaal
Lecturer, Department of English Literature, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Farwa Zahoor
M.Phil., Department of English Literature, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Salman Sajid
Lecturer, Department of English, Abaid Ullah Group of Colleges, Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Afzaal, K., Zahoor, F., & Sajid, M. S. (2023). Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis. Global Sociological Review, VIII(II), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).05
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CHICAGO : Afzaal, Kalsoom, Farwa Zahoor, and Muhammad Salman Sajid. 2023. "Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis." Global Sociological Review, VIII (II): 38-44 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).05
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HARVARD : AFZAAL, K., ZAHOOR, F. & SAJID, M. S. 2023. Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis. Global Sociological Review, VIII, 38-44.
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MHRA : Afzaal, Kalsoom, Farwa Zahoor, and Muhammad Salman Sajid. 2023. "Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis." Global Sociological Review, VIII: 38-44
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MLA : Afzaal, Kalsoom, Farwa Zahoor, and Muhammad Salman Sajid. "Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis." Global Sociological Review, VIII.II (2023): 38-44 Print.
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OXFORD : Afzaal, Kalsoom, Zahoor, Farwa, and Sajid, Muhammad Salman (2023), "Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis", Global Sociological Review, VIII (II), 38-44
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TURABIAN : Afzaal, Kalsoom, Farwa Zahoor, and Muhammad Salman Sajid. "Gender Role and Subalternity in Mouni Mohsin's The End of Innocence: A Feminist Literary Analysis." Global Sociological Review VIII, no. II (2023): 38-44. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).05