Abstract
This research leads and unfolds a discussion or discourse to evaluate the Brahui society in general and the Brahui classical literature in particular. All over the world, in the history or in present times, societies have deeper impact and footprints on the relevant literatures. Brahui society in its make and appearance is also a tribal society, having patriarchal, patrilineal and hierarchical bases in its very foundation. This nature of society and set of values have effect on almost every subject of study and life. Take a politics, power structure, social structure, values, justice system; economy and literature specially the classical fiction, there is deep influence of patriarchy. Majority of writers and traditionalists advocate that whatever is being produced in the name of literature is the reflection of society and prevailed values. Raising questions of gender balance and female emancipation is like inviting social wrath. Tribal values, conservative thinking and following the prevailed code of society have almost become belief or sacred thing to adhere with. Modern and growth oriented societies review their ideas, intellectual evolution and learning through critical appreciations and balanced analysis. But in case of Brahui literature there is stagnation and very little need had been showed so far to tune it with gender equality and progressive thought process. In this study, we are going to evaluate the portrayal or standing of women in Brahui classical literature specially the fiction. The topic gives a bird’s eye view to scholarship the overall birth of Brahui classical literature, its subjects, gender balances/imbalances and its role as basic resource of understanding social construct of society
Shamshad Neelam, 1 Dr. Abdul Haleem Sadiq2, Dr. Manzoor Baloch3, Nasreen Baloch4. (2017) Portrayal of Women in Classical Brahui Fiction: A Feminist Perspective, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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