http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26
10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).26
Published : Jun 2019
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.
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Deconstruction of History, Historiographic Metafiction, Parody, Pastiche.
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(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.