A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MUHAMMAD MANSHAYAD'S STORIES
محمد منشایاد کے افسانوں کا نفسیاتی مطالعہ
Abstract
Muhammad Mansha Yaad is one of the famous short story writer in Pakistan. He highlighted the core issues of Pakistani society in his stories. He wrote on the rural issues and on the lack of facilities in rural area as well he also wrote on the city life and on the darker sides under the lights. Mansha yaad proofs himself through his style and the selection of the topics. He belongs to a village situated in Punjab is one of the reason that he portrayed beautifully the social issues of the rural life in his short stories. He wrote on lot of social issues such as politics, literature, religion, urban and rural problems, poverty, and on many more. His style of writing is as unique as the critic of the Urdu literature like his way of writing. Mansha Yad has vividly depicted the social oppression and the paralysed state of rural life among the farmers, the downtrodden and the middle classes in his stories.The poor farmers, peasants or the lowly living in the villages who are victims of the oppression of the Chaudhrys and the landlords and who cannot do anything for their rights according to the whims of the people. He has tried to awaken the suppressed spark. These all factors have been discussed in his story Collection “Maas aor Mitti”.
Key Words:Muhammad Mansha Yaad, issues of Pakistani society, village situated in Punjab, Chaudhrys, landlords, “Maas aor Mitti”.
