Disscussions Of Postmodernism & Feminism

Abstract

Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the late 20th century across the different fields of life e.g arts, Philosophy, architecture and criticism. It is an intellectual stance or a mode of discourse that rejects the possibility of reliable knowledge. Feminism is a range of different political movements, ideologies and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish and achieve the political, economic, personal and social equality of genders. This research article comprises of basic and ideological discourse on post modernism and feminism in Urdu literature. In this article the evolution of feministic theory has been observed, keeping in view the philosophical discourse shaped on universal level and the historical perspective of women.In addition ,a brief review of another important post modern theory New Historicism has also been stated in this article.