Treatment of History in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh and Manubhai Pancholi: A Comparison
Keywords:
History, Historical Fiction, Treatment of HistoryAbstract
The meaning of the word „history‟ is intentionally misinterpreted and forcefully drilled
into the general psyche. Amitav has tried to redefine the word history, whereas, Darshak has
taught us what to learn and how to learn from history books. The general meaning of history
is believed to the record of the past events. However, who writes history, why he/she writes
history, who is history written for, what events are excluded and included are the questions
generally overlooked. Amitav has written The Shadow Line to question the accepted
interpretation of history. On the other hand, Darshak has written many essays on the history
itself. However, to put the present study in context, I have tried to compare the history in the
select novels in this paper.
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