LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:8 August 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Discrimination, War and Redemption in Khaled Hosseini’s
The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

S. Shahira Banu, M.A., M.Phil.


Abstract

This article discusses the themes of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. The novels deal with Discrimination, War and Redemption. The tragic war in Afghanistan and its impact on the lives of ordinary citizens of Afghanistan are reflected in these novels. We all begin to pray and yearn for peace and prosperity for Afghanistan when we read through these autobiographical novels of Khaled Hosseini.

Keywords: Novels of Khaled Hosseini, Discrimination, War and Redemption, Afghan War.

Recent Afghan Literature

In the tumult of the past three decades, Afghan writers have created a body of almost a homeless literature, which shows the plight of his countrymen and women. Furthermore, the major political and military confrontations of the 20th and 21st Centuries have also influenced novelists like Mahmud Tarzi, Ahmed Rashid, AsneSeierstad, AtiqRahimi, Ayesha Jalal, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, HamidaGhafour, Khaled Hosseini, NadeemAslam and others.

The of historical narratives would often include inventions rooted in traditional beliefs in order to embellish a passage of text or add credibility to an opinion. Historians would also invent and compose speeches for didactic purposes. Novels in Afghanistan depict the social, political and personal realities of a place and period with clarity and detail. These works can help the readers to understand them and their cultures in all their subtlety and complexity.

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S. Shahira Banu, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
P.S.R. Engineering College
Sevalpatti 626140
Virudhunagar District
Tamil Nadu
India
shahirabanu@psr.edu.in
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