Bushra Rehman’s Thoughtful Art: As a Novelist. Special Study

Abstract:

Bushra Rehman is a tall personality who has expressed healthy creative diversity in most genres of Urdu literature. His character as a novelist has been more prominent. This thesis consists of a special study of Bushra Rehman’s personality and creativity, in which Bushra Rehman’s novels have been analysed in detail in an analytical context, and an attempt has been made to form an opinion. This paper can help determine the intellectual and artistic importance of Bushra Rehman’s novels. Through this paper, Bushra Rehman’s artistic importance as a novelist will be revealed.

Keywords:

Urdu novel, humanism, patriarchal society, social oppression, feminism, globalisation, religious narrative

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