http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).49
10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).49
Published : Dec 2019
Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende
This study analyzed Isabel Allendes novel The House of the Spirits by probing the correlation between fiction and history. The theory of New Historicism was used to examine the textuality of history and the historicity of the text. The study argues that Allendes novel can be read as a subversive text that problematizes the boundary between fiction and history. The novel was analyzed by creating a parallel between the fictional work i.e. The House of the Spirits and the history book i.e. The History of Chile to question the neutrality and objectivity of history. The appraisal incorporated the biographical, political, historical and cultural contexts to evaluate the characters, themes and events of the novel. The study analyzed Allendes novel in the backdrop of the texts historical, social and political circumstances. The findings of the study show that Allendes novel is a product of its time, locale, context and the novelists biography
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Fictionalizing History, Historicizing Fiction, Historical Context, Literary Text, New Historicism.
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(1) Amina Ghazanfar
Lecturer,Department of English Studies,National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Arshad Mahmood
Professor,Department of English Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Angela Jackson Brown
Assistant Professor,Department of English, Ball State University, Indiana, USA.
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Cite this article
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APA : Ghazanfar, A., Mahmood, A., & Brown, A. J. (2019). Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende. Global Regional Review, IV(IV), 550-556. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).49
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CHICAGO : Ghazanfar, Amina, Arshad Mahmood, and Angela Jackson Brown. 2019. "Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende." Global Regional Review, IV (IV): 550-556 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).49
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HARVARD : GHAZANFAR, A., MAHMOOD, A. & BROWN, A. J. 2019. Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende. Global Regional Review, IV, 550-556.
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MHRA : Ghazanfar, Amina, Arshad Mahmood, and Angela Jackson Brown. 2019. "Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende." Global Regional Review, IV: 550-556
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MLA : Ghazanfar, Amina, Arshad Mahmood, and Angela Jackson Brown. "Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende." Global Regional Review, IV.IV (2019): 550-556 Print.
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OXFORD : Ghazanfar, Amina, Mahmood, Arshad, and Brown, Angela Jackson (2019), "Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende", Global Regional Review, IV (IV), 550-556
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TURABIAN : Ghazanfar, Amina, Arshad Mahmood, and Angela Jackson Brown. "Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende." Global Regional Review IV, no. IV (2019): 550-556. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).49