Author’s View toward Pakistan Society in Qaisra SHAHRAZ’S `The Holy Wowan`

Abstract

Culture shows the result of the behavior and the habit of the societies in that place. Culture is the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man a member of society. This research only focuses on The Holy Woman novel by Qiasra Shahraz. In analyzing the data, the writer used is genetic structuralism theory by Lucien Goldmann. The result of this research shows that in Pakistan, there are matchmaking, patriarchal system, and pride of social status.