Gender Issues in the Short Stories by Zaraphagla:A Study With the View of Sociology

Abstract

Sociology is a field of social science that examines human social life. In a sense, through the sociology studies we can study the social system works and how it relates to the way in which the statistics of society are lived. Literature is one of the sources that can be used for the scientific study of society. The function of literature is to reflect the situation of society at any time, and the relationship between the statistics of society and the critical view is being examined. Sociology of literature states that literature reproduces human experiences in social life; therefore, the core of any literary work is social life. By adopting the same approach, as there is male and female human being representing the society and it is seem that the works, activities and responsibilities among the male and female characters is not same. In literature or in the literary works is a consequence of life in the sum of other human being as the writer also one part of society.  Zaraphagla belongs to Bodo society and as a writer he also brings some social issues of male and female or gender in-equality through his short stories. It is an attempt to analyse this matter through this research article.