The document compares feminism in the poetry of Sylvia Plath and Parveen Shaker. It discusses their lives, major works, and analyzes Plath's poem "Daddy" and Shaker's "Sirf aik larke" in the context of feminist theory. Both poets address women's subjugation under patriarchy and the desire for liberation through their poetic voices.

2.  Saman Alam
 Noor Fatima
 Aqsa Qazi
 Momina Aman
 Aneela Saddique
Institute of southern Punjab
,Multan

3. Comparison of Feminism in Sylvia plath &
Parveen shaker's poetry

4.  “ Feminism is theory that men and women
should be equal politically, economically and
socially. ”
 “It is organized activity on behalf of women's rights
and interests”
 The terms feminism or feminist‖ first appeared
in France and The Netherlands in 1872, Great
Britain in the 1890s, and the United States in
1910.

5.  Feminist
 One who believes in that men and women
should be equal politically, economically and
socially as defined above.
 Feminists fight for the equality of women
and argue that women should share equally in
society’s opportunities and scarce resources.

6.  The History of Feminism is dived into three ―waves.
 The first wave comprised women's suffrage
movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, promoting women's right to vote.
 The second wave(1960s-1980) dealt with the inequality
of laws, as well as cultural inequalities and the role of
women in the society.
 The third wave is a continuation of, and a reaction
to, the perceived failures of second-wave
feminism, beginning in the 1990s.

7. Radical Feminism
Socialist Feminism
Cultural Feminism

8. Radical feminism is a movement that
believes sexism is so deeply rooted in
society that the only cure is to eliminate the
concept of gender completely.

9. Socialist feminism is a movement that calls for
an end to capitalism through a socialist
reformation of our economy.
 Socialist feminism focuses on economics and
politics. They might point out the fact that in the
United States women are typically paid only
$0.70 for the exact same job that a man would be
paid a dollar for.

11. Cultural feminism is a movement that points out
how modern society is hurt by encouraging
masculine behavior, but society would benefit by
encouraging feminine behavior instead.

12. SYLVIA PLATH(1932-1963)
PARVEEN SHAKER
(1952-1994)

13. SLYVIA PLATH PERVEEN SHAKER
 MA from Cambridge.
 She married Ted
Hughes. They had two
children .When she
learned of Ted’s
infidelity and they
separated.
 She died tragically on
February 11, 1963.
 Masters of Arts
 Ph.D
 Shakir married doctor,
Syed Naseer Ali, with
whom she had a son, but
the marriage did not last
long and ended in a
divorce.
 She died in 1994 in a car
accident while on her way
to work.

14. SLYVIA PLATH PERVEEN SHAKER
 Colossus
 Ariel
 her novel "The Bell Jar“
 Winter tress
 Crossing the water
 Three women
 Khushbu (Fragrance)
 Sad-e-barg (Marigold)
 Khud Kalaami (Soliloquy)
 Inkaar (Refusal)
 Maah-e-Tamaam (Full
Moon)

15.  The American English poet Sylvia Plath (1932-
1963) and Pakistani Urdu poet Parveen Shaker
(1952-1994), both are renowned poets of
Twentieth century. Both the poets, Sylvia Plath
and Parveen Shaker occupy a prominent
position in the field of literature. Both have
exercised a perpetual influence upon literature.
The first half of the century occupies the poetic
voice of Sylvia Plath and Parveen Shaker
occupies the second half of the century.

16. SYLVIA PLATH PARVEEN SHAKER
 Plath is a literary symbol
of the women's rights
movement of 20th century.
 The female speaker
represents the creative
force and she is angry
with the destructive forces
symbolized by her daddy
and the male.
 Shakir can be termed
the first poetess to use
the word larki (girl) in
her works.
 The male-dominated
Urdu poetry scene
seldom employs that
word, and uses
masculine syntax when
talking about the 'lover'.

17.  We analyze various aspects of Sylvia Plath and
Parveen Shaker’s life and poetry in the context of
feminist theory. Despite the fact both belong to
two different countries and cultures, are relative in
the matter of gender.
 The focus for comparison lies on the feminism to
the references of the selected poems from the
major poetic work “Ariel” and from “Khushboo”.
We have selected Poem “Daddy” from “Ariel”
(1965) by Sylvia Plath and “Sirf aik larke”from
“Khushboo” (1976) by Parveen Shaker.

18.  This poem is a very strong expression of
resentment against the male domination of
women and also the violence of all kinds for
which man is responsible. The speaker
expresses her rage against her 'daddy', but
daddy himself is a symbol of male.

19.  The poem begins with the angry attack on
daddy: “you”, “black shoe”, “I have had to kill
you”. The name -calling continues: daddy is a
ghostly statue, a seal, a German, Hitler himself,
a man-crushing engine, a tank driver (Panzer
man), a swastika symbol of the Nazi, a devil, a
haunting ghost and vampire, and so on.

20.  Plath’s poem ‘Daddy’ is on the theme of
women subjugation and presents the
patriarchal culture. The poem also reveals the
urge of liberation.
“You do not do, you do not do
Any more, black shoe
In which I have lived like a foot
For thirty years, poor and white,
Barely daring to breathe or Achoo”

21. In her free verse poem “Sirf aik larki” (p.92
Khushboo), the Pakistani poet expresses a
woman’s imprisonment and her desire to escape
from social and cultural convictions. She
describes the male dominance in society by using
these words:
”umer qaid ke mulzum,
Sirf aik larke”

22.  Shakir introduced the word larki in her poetry,
the Urdu substitute for the word 'girl,' and one
not often seen in Urdu poetry before her time.
 She also expresses her stead-fastness in love

23. “Kash merey par hotee
Terey pass ur aati
Kash maen hawa hoti
Tujh ko chooh k lot aati
Maen naheen magar kuch bhi
Sangdil riwajoon k
Ahini hasaroon mein
Omar qaid ki mulzim
Sirf aik larki hoon ”(Mahe Tamam-p.92)

24. DADDY SIRF AIK LARKE
 She used blank verse
poetry even nursery-
rhymed. . ‘Daddy’ is her
famous poem written in
nursery-rhyme-like
sound.
“You do not do, you do not do
Any more, black shoe
 Shakir employed free
verse.
 Most of
Shakir's ghazalyaat contai
n five to ten couplets,
often - though not always -
inter-related.

25. DADDY SIRF AIK LARKE
 Nature
 The self
 Love
 Feminism
 Social stigmas
 Patriarchy
 Nature
 The self
 love
 Feminism
 Social stigmas
 Patriarchy

26.  Both writers wrote her poems in the 1960s, a time
when women were still dominated by men. Within
the patriarchal society women had set roles
to play; they were to remain in the kitchen and
were never to voice an unwanted opinion. The
women they portray in their poems felt suffocated
within this domestic prison and were desperate
to make a role for themselves outside the
dominating misogynist rule.
 ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ but these
women actually proved this.