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LYING WITH TRUTH A POSTMODERNIST REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY IN GERALD VIZENORS THE HEIRS OF COLUMBUS

26 Pages : 196-202

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26      Published : Jun 2

Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus

    This study traces the representation of deconstructed history in Gerald Vizenors fictional work The Heirs of Columbus. The study highlights the metanarrative techniques through which the officialized history is subverted and decentralized. The study is grounded in postmodern Historiographic Metafiction theory of Linda Hutcheon for investigation of the data. Historiographic metafiction dismantles the overriding official version of history and presents many mini versions of truths. The study exhibits the dismantled version of overriding history of American Indians. It gives an insight into the American Indian approach of United States history.

    Deconstruction of History, Historiographic Metafiction, Parody, Pastiche.
    (1) Fehmida Manzoor
    Lecturer,Department of English,SBKWU (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University) Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Mehwish Malghani
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,SBKWU (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University) Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Shumaila Mazher
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,SBKWU (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University) Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

    APA : Manzoor, F., Malghani, M., & Mazher, S. (2019). Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 196-202. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26
    CHICAGO : Manzoor, Fehmida, Mehwish Malghani, and Shumaila Mazher. 2019. "Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 196-202 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26
    HARVARD : MANZOOR, F., MALGHANI, M. & MAZHER, S. 2019. Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 196-202.
    MHRA : Manzoor, Fehmida, Mehwish Malghani, and Shumaila Mazher. 2019. "Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 196-202
    MLA : Manzoor, Fehmida, Mehwish Malghani, and Shumaila Mazher. "Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 196-202 Print.
    OXFORD : Manzoor, Fehmida, Malghani, Mehwish, and Mazher, Shumaila (2019), "Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 196-202
    TURABIAN : Manzoor, Fehmida, Mehwish Malghani, and Shumaila Mazher. "Lying with truth: A Postmodernist Representation of History in Gerald Vizenor's The Heirs of Columbus." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 196-202. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26