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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-I).24      10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-I).24      Published : Mar 2021

The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman

Abstract

    This study aims to delineate the idea that the working class is exploited due to economic disparity and social inequality. The sufferings of the lower class aggravate and it pretends to behave like the owner class through physical appearances. According to Marxism, the subjugation of the lower class is caused by the lack of opportunities and dispossession to own the means of production. The study deals with the application of Marxism in the short story The Moustache by Tariq Rahman. Rahman in this story highlights the sufferings of the lower class in the feudal system of Pakistan. The characters of Dadu and Shafaqat belong to the working class and live downtrodden life. They struggle for their survival and suffer both physically and financially in the existing feudal system. The study also seeks to recommend ways to wipe out class discrimination in society in light of Marxism.

    Marxism, Class Struggle, Bourgeoisie, Proletaria

    (1) Sana Hussan
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Gohar Rahman
    M. Phil. Scholar, Department of English, Islamia College University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Ayaz Ahmad Aryan
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Hussan, S., Rahman, G., & Aryan, A. A. (2021). The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman. Global Political Review, VI(I), 251-60. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-I).24

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Hussan, Sana, Gohar Rahman, and Ayaz Ahmad Aryan. 2021. "The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman." Global Political Review, VI (I): 251-60 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-I).24

HARVARD

    HARVARD : HUSSAN, S., RAHMAN, G. & ARYAN, A. A. 2021. The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman. Global Political Review, VI, 251-60.

MHRA

    MHRA : Hussan, Sana, Gohar Rahman, and Ayaz Ahmad Aryan. 2021. "The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman." Global Political Review, VI: 251-60

MLA

    MLA : Hussan, Sana, Gohar Rahman, and Ayaz Ahmad Aryan. "The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman." Global Political Review, VI.I (2021): 251-60 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Hussan, Sana, Rahman, Gohar, and Aryan, Ayaz Ahmad (2021), "The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman", Global Political Review, VI (I), 251-60

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Hussan, Sana, Gohar Rahman, and Ayaz Ahmad Aryan. "The Application of Marxism in the Short Story "The Moustache" by Tariq Rahman." Global Political Review VI, no. I (2021): 251-60. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-I).24