Bücher von Muhammad Nawaz

In this research the Existential elements of 'Maps for Lost Lovers' are compared with the elements of 'Waiting for Godot'. These two pieces of literature are interlinked through existential chain. There is a gap between both of them because 'Waiting for Godot' is one of the most popular works in literature while 'Maps for lost lovers' is not renowned that much. No work on 'Maps of Lost Lovers' is done as existential novel so the researcher is doing research on it as an Existential novel.

Literature is a perpetual written work, which expresses and communicates thoughts, feelings and attitudes towards life and the world. The novels 'The Pakistani Bride' and 'An American Brat' by Sidhwa demonstrate the psychological development, anxieties, anguish, fear, jealousy, bereavement, hostility and maturity level of her characters in the presence of these core issues of their lives.The research exposes that both Feroza and Ziatoon¿s defense mechanisms are connected for self-amendment. Ziatoon has faced many problems in life but she has never given up and carried on her journey against the society. Both of them give reasonable causes to ponder about as they face conflicts and frustration from the society.

In Pakistani society men are dominant and patriarchal system emphasizes the domineering roles of men in all spheres of life. Sara Suleri has written two memoirs that critique and question male dominance. In her both creative memoirs, Suleri quietly welds the history, politics and culture of Pakistan. Her father is a man of words and makes himself clear in firm and clear tone. Sara Suleri sees patriarchal social system as the fundamental cause of women¿s oppression and she fights for the elimination of male dominance particularly in the cultural sphere, and ¿placing women and girls¿ experiences at the center of any exploration and analysis through her both memoirs. The central claim of this study is that male patriarchal dominance affects south Asian women in particular ways. As male gaze concept is one of outshoot of feministic perspective, there are many ways to look at patriarchy, male dominance and male gaze.

The issue of violence has been a prominent theme in literature. The world we live in today is replete with conflicts that consequently generate aggression and violence. Thus violence finds its way in almost all genres of literature. This research intends to study the acts of violence in Arundhati Roy's debut novel The God of Small Things with special reference to the female characters. As a social and political activist, Roy has her own perception of violence that is reflected through her female characters especially through her chief protagonist Ammu, a divorced woman, who violates the social norms by having a secret love affair with an untouchable labourer.