NOMENCLATURE AND PAKISTANI ENGLISH FICTION: POLITICS, ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY AND HISTORY IN FICTION OR POLITICO/HISTORICAL FICTION

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History, Politics, Fiction, Nomenclature, Pakista

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ATHAR FAROOQ, HAFIZ JAVED UR REHMAN, MUHAMMAD AYAZ, ABAD UR RAHMAN, ADNAN

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Pakistani English Fiction is a multifaceted genre with varied themes and ideas presented therein however a thorough study of this literature makes one realize that some topics and themes appear more often than others. It is therefore useful to highlight those themes and choose a nomenclature for this fiction based on that. History and politics seem to be the two recurrent themes in Pakistani English Fiction. The present research undertakes a historical study to prove that Pakistani English Fiction can be categorized as politico/historical fiction. The study uses purposive sampling method and qualitative content analysis technique for the data analysis.

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023)
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ATHAR FAROOQ, HAFIZ JAVED UR REHMAN, MUHAMMAD AYAZ, ABAD UR RAHMAN, ADNAN

1DR. ATHAR FAROOQ, 2DR. HAFIZ JAVED UR REHMAN, 3DR. MUHAMMAD AYAZ, 4DR. ABAD UR RAHMAN, 5ADNAN

1Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2Lecturer, Department of English, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

3Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Islamic Studies/ Pakistan Studies, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

4Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

5Ph D Scholar, Department of Islamiyat, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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