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1. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentPartition Literature - Literary and Critical Theory - Oxford ...

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   Jul 26, 2017 · Partition is commonly understood as the division of a state into two or more entities, where at least one successor states assumes continuity with the pre-divided whole. The most famous partition cases in modern history formed part of British devolvement or decolonization—in Ireland (1919), India (1947) and Palestine (1948)—and arose as a ...

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   South Asian Partition Fiction in English: From Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh explores a significant cross-section of South Asian fiction in English written on the theme of Partition from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s, and shows how the Partition novel in English traverses a very interesting trajectory during this period – from just ‘reporting’ the cataclysmic event to theorizing ...

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   Mar 1, 2024 · March 1, 2024. NTF21. The partition of British India in 1947 into the independent nations of India and Pakistan remains one of the most significant events in modern history, leaving a profound impact on the lives of millions and shaping the socio-political landscape of the region. Literature has played a vital role in capturing and reflecting ...

4. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/01/02Seventy-five Years After Indian Partition, Who Owns the ...

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   Dec 26, 2022 · Ma, the central figure in the novel, an eighty-year-old widow, spends more than a hundred pages of the book lying in bed, her back to the reader, before finally, heroically, reclaiming her life ...

5. lithub.com › mystery-mayhem-and-trauma-a-readingMystery, Mayhem, and Trauma: A Reading List for India’s 1947 ...

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   Sep 20, 2023 · The microcosm of Lahore, of one little girl’s heterogenous, syncretic world is shattered into smithereens by Partition. Sidhwa’s novel has been required reading for ages, and has been turned into a moving film by Canada’s Deepa Mehta with music by A.R. Rehman. M. S. Sathyu, Garam Hava.

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   Oct 21, 2021 · Partition literature is a well-rounded representation of the bloody legacy of religious extremism. It also showcases how we, as ordinary humans are capable of acts of extraordinary violence. For more on this, please check out A Woman’s History Of Partition: Life, Loss, And Identity. What is Partition literature and why you should pick it up ...

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   Why are novels important in the history of partition?

   • These literary works serve as a testament to the resilience of individuals and communities in the face of adversity and offer insights into the enduring legacy of partition. Novels have been particularly instrumental in portraying the human stories behind partition.

   Exploring the Impact of Partition: Perspectives from Literature

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   Why are books and reading important in partition?

   • In what has been described by Anita Desai as one of the most important narratives of Partition (Hosain 1988, vi), the prevalence of books and reading, and their central significance to enabling resistant politics, affirms the status of books and reading as a means to overcome the trauma of the present, in the Partition context.

   Indian Partition Literature: Reading Displacement—Partition Reading

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   Is partition a good book?

   • Beautifully written and evocative, this novel is perfect for every beginner trying to gauge the events of the Partition. Partition literature is a well-rounded representation of the bloody legacy of religious extremism. It also showcases how we, as ordinary humans are capable of acts of extraordinary violence.

   Partition Literature: What Is It, Why Should You Care, And Where To Start

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   What is partition literature?

   • Partition literature fills a long shelf. There is early fiction by survivors and spectators: realist narratives (Singh’s “Train to Pakistan”), feminist epics (Yashpal’s “This Is Not That Dawn”), stripped-down, nightmarish short stories (Saadat Hasan Manto’s “Black Margins”).

   Seventy-five Years After Indian Partition, Who Owns the Narrative?

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   How did partition affect Indian literature?

   • Policies and ethics This chapter shows how Partition interrupted lines of communication and trade affecting India’s literary culture, and argues that books and reading function in Indian Partition literature as a means of moving beyond trauma. Contexts include colonial cartography...

   Indian Partition Literature: Reading Displacement—Partition Reading

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   What is the difference between partition literature and history textbooks?

   • While history textbooks often is an assortment of facts, thus mechanical in a way, Partition literature humanizes the anguish of the ones who got removed from their places of worship, who boarded trains hoping to reach “home” only to lose their lives to mass hysteria, and those who had to turn against their beloved neighbors to survive.

   Partition Literature: What Is It, Why Should You Care, And Where To Start

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   Aug 7, 2020 · Trauma has been central to representations of Partition in literature and theory, and it is here that books and reading (or, rereading Manto) take effect—here, I argue that Tabish Khair’s Filming, a novel that has as its central concern the question of literature’s representation of Partition, employs literature (books and reading) as a route through trauma by conveying Batin’s future ...