THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY IN 'A WASTED VIGIL' WITHIN THE POST-COLONIAL CONTEXT
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Colonialism, Cultural Hybridity, Decolonization, Identity TransformationAbstract
This research paper looks into Nadeem Aslam’s novel, “A wasted Vigil” by applying postcolonial theory. The novel, set in a postcolonial Afghanistan, investigates the enduring effects of colonialism on the lives of its sundry characters. This study scrutinizes the portal of postcolonial condition, cultural hybridity, and the pursuit of identity and agency through a postcolonial theoretical framework. By encompassing literary technics, this research come up with intuition into the on-going difficulties of decolonization and take a look at the potential for defiance and modification in postcolonial contexts. The comprehensive aim of this paper is to contribute to one’s understanding of the impact of postcolonial ideologies, cultural complexities and the struggles for identity and agency in postcolonial societies.
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