Waterman, D: History, Memory, Fiction New Dimensions in Contemporary Pakistani and Kashmiri Writings
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
26.02.2024
Verlag
Oxford AcademicSeitenzahl
168
Maße (L/B/H)
14/21.5/1.1 cm
Gewicht
220 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-19-070882-5
History, Memory, Fiction proposes an examination of several contemporary novels and memoirs of leading Pakistani and Kashmiri writers, considering them as historical fiction, in other words as works that are based on real-world facts, but as fiction are able to go further in creating what have been called 'possible worlds', ultimately creating a plausible story that might well be a true story. By blurring the frontier between history and fiction, unconstrained by concerns of referential 'truth', these novels and memoirs are able to provide us with fresh insights and moral orientation while suggesting that the past-which is not the same as history-must be given meaning in our present if we wish to create better possible futures. Thus, these writers are engaged in active social critique, providing readers with a broader perspective of historical consciousness.
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