Transparency into opacity: Nadeem Aslam’s alternative to the 9/11 novel

Scanlan, Margaret

doi:10.1080/13825577.2018.1478254

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“…He also said that there is a dire need to get together against the external nations instead of converting towards extremism. Another writer named Scanlan (2018), in her article (Straight Forwardness into haziness), discussed the 9/11 case in contrast to Nadeem' novel named (the wasted vigil in 2008 and the Blind's man garden in 2013), she discussed the USA troops involved in the war in Afghanistan due to which the USA also involved Pakistan in this war and played from behind Pakistan. Nadeem Aslam is a British novelist who analyzed the condition of the USA and Pakistan from a closure review.…”

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Concept of Nationalism Employed in the Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam

Shahzadi

Hanif

Ahmad

et al. 2021

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Purpose of the study: The main purpose of this study is to analyze the novel The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam in the light of the concept of Nationalism given by Benedict Anderson in Imagined communities. Methodology: The entire data is evaluated by the entire text related to nationalism. This research is based on qualitative research skills. The basic resource of this research is the novel of Nadeem Aslam, named The Golden Legend. Further, the other resources used in this research are the journals or the articles regarding or reflecting the explanation of this novel (The Golden Legend). Main Findings: The findings depict a wonderful series of characters who have humanity in their hearts; they have love and respect for others, either the other person is from their religion or a different one. It is a story of sorrow and the game of religions in the world which is being played under the acts of the political authorities. Applications of this study: This study can be applied to the nationalism literature. Novelty/Originality of this study: The study is one of its kind because, after a careful analysis of the literature available, it is safe to say that no study is done up till now on analyzing the concept of nationalism in the Golden Legend.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%