Women’s Fiction Literature in the Context of Socio-Political Developments in Afghanistan

This presentation will provide a historical overview of women’s fiction from its inception in the twentieth century to the present. Analysis of this literature will delve into the socio-cultural and political conditions that have influenced the development of women’s writing and how female fiction writers have left their mark on the history of Afghan prose writing. Because many political disruptions have affected Afghanistan’s social and cultural life, and by extension women’s writing, the presentation will follow an historical trajectory punctuated by meaningful examples to illustrate the distinct characteristic of the different periods.