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A Study of Qurratulain Hyder’s Selected Works

Shakila Bhanu Shaik, Associate Professor of English



Qurratulain Hyder (1927-2007)
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Abstract

The cartography of North-East India had been changed twice in fifty years first, in 1905 (Bengal Division) and secondly in 1947 (the Great Divide). Over time, it has been confronted with many upheavals and has a great facelift in the case of culture, history, and polity and passed it on to literature. This paper discusses the post-colonial period depicted in the famous works of Qurratulain Hyder River of Fire; My temples too; and Fireflies in the Mist.

Keywords: Qurratulain Hyder, River of Fire, My temples too, Fireflies in the Mist, colonial India, post-colonial India.

Introduction

Many foreign rulers invaded India and brought a lot of complexity in culture, ethnicity, and civilization before the British started ruling. The impact left by British culture and language was huge on Indian history. The literature set in contexts of the national movement and Pre-Partition and Post-Partition delineated the mayhem of Partition, and migration of masses across the border was the popular theme of post-colonial literature in India.

Many authors wrote about Partition focused on the events that happened during and after Partition. Qurratulain Hyder's works depicted the story of characters from the Colonial era to the Post-partition period. She depicted the history of the Indian subcontinent through her life-like characters implanting them in a plot developed in the colonial period. Her characters were mostly from a middle and upper middle class educated elite, who believed themselves different from others. In her novels, central characters bear chaos and upheaval for their entire life to reach salvation.


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Shakila Bhanu Shaik
Associate Professor of English
VFSTR Deemed to be University
Guntur, AP, India
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