Abstract
Who speaks for Pakistani literature? This is the question which the researcher
has tried to critically explore in this article. Unlike other literatures, at present,
Pakistani literature is being presented by those who write in English, not Urdu.
To make the matter more complicated, many of them are not even Pakistani
citizens and quite a few of them have never been to Pakistan. Call it an irony of
history or an outcome of the hegemony of English, mostly whenever the phrase
Pakistani literature is used it evokes the idea of the writings availablein English
by such writers as Hanif Kureshi, Aamir Hussain, Nadeem Aslam, Kamla
Shamsie, Mohsin Hamid, etc. This is an interesting oddity which we usually do
not find with reference to other literatures e.g. American literature, German
literature, French Literature.
Dr Jameel Asghar . (2016) پاکستانی ادب کے دھندلاتے ہوئے خدوخال, Mayar , Volume 15-16, Issue 2.
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