Read Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy

Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy

Rakhshanda Jalil

4.9/5 (12658 ratings)

Description:About the Book: Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy Born with an Impeccable Literacy-her father was sajjad HyderYildirim and her mother Nazare-e Sajjad Hyder, both early andVigorous proponents of Urdu fiction Qurratulain Hyder wrote herfirst story at the age of 11. Her first collection of shortstories, Sitaron se Age, Published in 1945, established twosingular qualities about this rising star on the Urdu firmament:one, her steadfast refusal to write only on 'Womanly' subjects; andtwo her ability to consistently produce polished, lyrical prose ata time when poetry held sway Over the years, she produced aformidable array of travelogues, translations, novels, playsnovelettes and short story collections. This volume attempts to re-visits her legacy and to place herwork, critically and objectively, on the trajectory of postindependence writing. It attempts, also, to offer 'the River ofFire' as a metaphor in which the writer must sink or swim whereverhe/she choose to cross from one bank to the other, that is, fromthe movement he/she crafts a piece of writing to the time it isread and understood by his/her reader. An eclectic group ofwriters- from across disciplines, languages and nationalities- cometogether to locate Qurratulain Hyder in the continuum ofpost-Independence studies. Contents Introduction Personal Portraits 1. A Rainbow of Reminiscences 2. Talking to Aini Khala 3. Qurratulain Hyder: The First Lady of Urdu Literature Critical Narrativies 4. Qurratulain Hyder: An Author Par Excellence 5. The Enigma of Dual Belonging: Qurratulain Hyder's EnduringPopularity in Pakistan 6. Post- Colonialism and marginality in the Fiction of IsmatChughtai, Khadija Mastur and Qurratulain Hyder 7. Once Upon a Time: Cultural Legacies, Fictional Worlds of the Partition and Beyond 8. 'Amma, Basant Kya Hoti Hai? Turns of Centuries in Aag Ka Darya 9. History and Fiction: The Depiction of 1857 in QurratulainHyder's Fiction 10. The CrWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy. To get started finding Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 9350021005

Description: About the Book: Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy Born with an Impeccable Literacy-her father was sajjad HyderYildirim and her mother Nazare-e Sajjad Hyder, both early andVigorous proponents of Urdu fiction Qurratulain Hyder wrote herfirst story at the age of 11. Her first collection of shortstories, Sitaron se Age, Published in 1945, established twosingular qualities about this rising star on the Urdu firmament:one, her steadfast refusal to write only on 'Womanly' subjects; andtwo her ability to consistently produce polished, lyrical prose ata time when poetry held sway Over the years, she produced aformidable array of travelogues, translations, novels, playsnovelettes and short story collections. This volume attempts to re-visits her legacy and to place herwork, critically and objectively, on the trajectory of postindependence writing. It attempts, also, to offer 'the River ofFire' as a metaphor in which the writer must sink or swim whereverhe/she choose to cross from one bank to the other, that is, fromthe movement he/she crafts a piece of writing to the time it isread and understood by his/her reader. An eclectic group ofwriters- from across disciplines, languages and nationalities- cometogether to locate Qurratulain Hyder in the continuum ofpost-Independence studies. Contents Introduction Personal Portraits 1. A Rainbow of Reminiscences 2. Talking to Aini Khala 3. Qurratulain Hyder: The First Lady of Urdu Literature Critical Narrativies 4. Qurratulain Hyder: An Author Par Excellence 5. The Enigma of Dual Belonging: Qurratulain Hyder's EnduringPopularity in Pakistan 6. Post- Colonialism and marginality in the Fiction of IsmatChughtai, Khadija Mastur and Qurratulain Hyder 7. Once Upon a Time: Cultural Legacies, Fictional Worlds of the Partition and Beyond 8. 'Amma, Basant Kya Hoti Hai? Turns of Centuries in Aag Ka Darya 9. History and Fiction: The Depiction of 1857 in QurratulainHyder's Fiction 10. The CrWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy. To get started finding Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy

Qurratulain Hyder and The River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy

More Books

Qurratulain Hyder and the River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2011] Edited by Rakhshanda Jalil

Qurratulain Hyder and the River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2011] Edited by Rakhshanda Jalil

Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers' Movement in Urdu by Rakhshanda Jalil (2014-06-03)

Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers' Movement in Urdu by Rakhshanda Jalil (2014-06-03)

Journey to the Holy Land: A Pilgrim's Diary

Journey to the Holy Land: A Pilgrim's Diary

Invisible City: The Hidden Monument of Delhi

Invisible City: The Hidden Monument of Delhi

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

But You Don't Look Like a Muslim

Neither Night Nor Day

Neither Night Nor Day

Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu

Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu

A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan

A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan

New Urdu Writings: From India & Pakistan

New Urdu Writings: From India & Pakistan