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MARXISM IN ZAKIA MASHHADIS DEATH OF AN INSECT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).04      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).04      Published : Sep 2021

Marxism in Zakia Mashhadi's Death of an Insect

    Poverty is the root cause of exploitation of the poor at the hands of the rich in the root structure of the society that leads the poor towards the state of self-pity. This study is an interlink between the domains of World Englishes, Freudo-Marxist Literature, Trauma Literature and Postcolonial Literature. The postcolonial context of the subcontinent amidst language appropriation is the major theme that witnesses the phenomenon of exploitation and poverty through the canvas of Freudo-Marxist Literature. The current study attempts to find Marxist themes, predominantly exploitation and poverty, from a short story Death of an Insect by Zakia Mashhadi. The textual qualitative method of analysis proceeds under the operational theoretical lens of Edgar W. Schneider and Karl Marx. The former deals with textual analysis through language appropriation, while the latter deals with thematic analysis through the behaviour of the bourgeoisie towards the proletariat, respectively. The study has found that the upper class, for their vested interests, even for the satisfaction of their ego, brutally exploit the poor working class, who have to suffer and bear all inhuman behaviour without any resistance. Thus, this continuous Vicious Circle of exploitation and poverty cause difficulties and hardships for the poor class.

    (1) Kaniz Fatima
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Lahore College for Women University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aadil Ahmed
    Research Scholar, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Shahzeb Shafi
    Lecturer of English, Pakistan Institute of Health Science (PIHS), Barma, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Fatima, Kaniz, Aadil Ahmed, and Shahzeb Shafi. 2021. "Marxism in Zakia Mashhadi's Death of an Insect." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (III): 28-37 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).04
    HARVARD : FATIMA, K., AHMED, A. & SHAFI, S. 2021. Marxism in Zakia Mashhadi's Death of an Insect. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 28-37.
    MHRA : Fatima, Kaniz, Aadil Ahmed, and Shahzeb Shafi. 2021. "Marxism in Zakia Mashhadi's Death of an Insect." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 28-37
    MLA : Fatima, Kaniz, Aadil Ahmed, and Shahzeb Shafi. "Marxism in Zakia Mashhadi's Death of an Insect." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.III (2021): 28-37 Print.
    OXFORD : Fatima, Kaniz, Ahmed, Aadil, and Shafi, Shahzeb (2021), "Marxism in Zakia Mashhadi's Death of an Insect", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (III), 28-37