WSTC32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ismat Chughtai, Aligarh Muslim University, Ding Ling
29 Feb 2016
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Mordern education, anarchist politics, participated in new lefty-bohemian culture of the 1920s. Tried to become an actor in burgeoning shanghai film industry. Wrote many stories exploring women"s experiences in he changing urban society, as well as rural women. Also wrote about classed identification and many other types of stories. Born in japan in 1903 and died in "91. Her father sent her to school and the country had a public library, which she frequented and that opened her to the world of literature. Communicated with some of the main writers of the time, especially the modern neo- sensationalist and leftist (proletarian) literary ardes. In her writing piece there is emphasis on sensations and the newness of being in a city (talks about getting off of a train and feeling rain down her back etc. ,) Chugtai (1915-1992), now regarded as one of south asia"s foremost feminist writers as well as being a pioneer in 20th c. urdu prose.
