Abstract :
Pakistani English literature is internationally recognized. It elaborates on Pakistani culture,
societies, and individual and collective thought represented in its writings. Different writers
have different perspectives to discuss but Marxist Feminism is an important aspect about
which very few writers focused, on the point of view of the property, dominancy, wages, and
shares in the economy. Men are not only denominated on women’s bodies but also their
economy which females deserve in the form of inheritance or wages. Karl Marx and Frederic
Engels wrote a book: The Origin of Family, Private property, and the State (1884), and
presented a theory on Marxist-feministic phenomena that men and women do the same job
but women receive the reward not equally men. This can be because of males’ dominant
society or in other words, females are not aware of their basic rights. This study is the
subjective analysis of reading the two novels of the pre-modern time: Umrao Jaan Ada by
Hadi Ruswa and the post-modern era fiction: The Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz to
analyze the custom prevalent in the society of Pakistan regarding the Marxist-feminist
approach. The hypothesis is also, whether the situation varies after hundred years of
awareness. However, the study has the conclusion of the same state.
Keyword :
Marxist feminism, state of mind after hundred years, text analysis, Umrao Jaan Ada, and The Holy Woman