خدیجہ مستور کے ناولوں میں خاندان کا تصور

Abstract

Khadija Mastoor is famous for her Urdu short story and novel writing. She got huge fame through her novel "Aangan" which was published in 1962. Her second and last novel "Zameen" got published soon after her death. "Aangan" revolves around a middle class muslim family whereas "Zameen" depicts a family which has neglected family values, old traditional norms and eastern family ethics. Both these novels carry a different idea, but both present such families which were happy and united before but got dispersed with the passage of time. The purpose of this article is toanalyse her novels in the perspective of family life which will highlight the reasons behind estrangement between blood relations and decadence of family unity in the modern era.