The Long Shadow of Manto's Partition Narratives: 'Fictive' Testimony to Historical Trauma

Through his short stories, he grappled forthrightly with the historical trauma of the Partition and its reverberations in individual, social and cultural spaces, generating counter-narratives through which the penumbral world of dissociation, moral ambiguity and inward decay, as well as the occasion...

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Published in:Social scientist (New Delhi) Vol. 40; no. 11/12; pp. 53 - 62
Main Author: Saint, Tarun K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Social Scientist 01-11-2012
Social Scientist Trust
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Summary:Through his short stories, he grappled forthrightly with the historical trauma of the Partition and its reverberations in individual, social and cultural spaces, generating counter-narratives through which the penumbral world of dissociation, moral ambiguity and inward decay, as well as the occasionally illuminating possibility of resistance, became visible. [...]the need for continuing dialogue with Manto's legacy, as well as new forms of testimonial literature that might emerge beyond the long shadow cast by Manto's Partition narratives.
ISSN:0970-0293