A Psychological Approach to the Fiction of Zaitoon Bano (Maat Bangri)

Abstract

Creative literature is the reflection of the sentiments, feelings and emotions of human. In this regard fiction may be termed as the main and most known, reliable and trustworthy source and channel and rightly called the mirror of such feelings. Actually fictions reflects the real societal life of an area, region. Pashto fiction represents the same and is the factual mirror of the emotions and sentiments of the people. A number of Pashto fiction writers are well known in term of representing the human’s sentiments in their fictions. Zaitoon Bano (late) belongs to the same school of thought. In this paper, the same reflection especially women related issues in her fictions and dramas will be highlighted in depth. This is one of her remarkable services for the female folk especially (Pashtoon women) to represent their feelings and sentiments. One of her fiction’s collections Maat Bangri represents female’s sentiments in more beautiful, attractive and impressive way. The same will be preferred and critically evaluated in the paper.