Gender Discrimination in Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of Uzma Aslam Khan’s Trespassing

Abstract

The current study aims at the critical analysis of Uzma Aslam Khan’s Trespassing from feminist critical discourse studies perspective, and it pinpoints and highlights gender discrimination in Pakistan. It reveals the emerging issues occurring to women, especially in the rigid patriarchal Pakistani society. It concludes that women rights are forcefully snatched and their voices are intentionally silenced. Moreover, this study focuses on the image of a woman in men’s mind, and how men generally think about women. The study of the selected novel reveals that different dominant cultures have deeply influenced the culture of Pakistan, which severely effect women from different prospective. The researcher uses supporting theories to provide firm foundation to his ideas and arguments. To analyze all these issues, the researcher takes Norman Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a research method (three dimensional model). This framework describes, interprets and explains a chosen text at different levels.

Keywords: Gender Discrimination, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Three Dimensional Model.