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PAKISTANI
LITERATURE
IN ENGLISH (II)
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 CONTENTS

Mohsin Hamid (The reluctant fundamentalist) 1

LIFE AND WORKS OF MOHSIN HAMID 3
INTRODUCTION TO THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 6
DETAILED SUMMARY OF THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 10
MAJOR CHARACTERS IN THE NOVEL 31
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL 36
GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY 39
THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL 41
CHANGEZ AS THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 43
HYBRIDITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY 46
MAJOR THEMES IN THE NOVEL 48
SYMBOLS, ALLEGORY AND MOTIFS 51
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 54
SHAZAF FATIMA HAIDER (HOW IT HAPPENED) 56
LIFE AND WORKS OF SHAZAF FATIMA HAIDER 57
PLOT SUMMARY OF HOW IT HAPPENED 58
DETAILED SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL 61
MAJOR CHARACTERS OF THE NOVEL 93
MAJOR THEMES IN THE NOVEL 96
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 102
AAMIR HUSSEIN (SWEET RICE) 104
LIFE AND WORKS OF AAMER HUSSEIN 105
SUMMARY OF SWEET RICE 107
TEXT: SWEET RICE 109
SHIREEN THE PROTAGONIST 115
SWEET RICE AS A TALE OF EMPOWERMENT AND REINVENTION 116
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 118
DANIYAL MUEENUDDIN (IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS, OUR LADY OF PARIS) 120
LIFE AND WORKS OF DANIYAL MUEENUDDIN 121
BOOK SUMMARY: IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS 125
DETAILED SUMMARY OF IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS 128
TEXT: IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS 134
MAJOR THEMES OF THE STORY 149
TITLE OF THE STORY 160
PLOT OF THE STORY 161
MAJOR CHARACTERS OF THE STORY 163
DETAILED SUMMARY OF OUR LADY OF PARIS 166
TEXT: OUR LADY OF PARIS 171
PLOT OF THE STORY 185
MAJOR CHARACTERS OF THE STORY 187
 MAJOR THEMES OF THE STORY 190
SYMBOLISM IN THE STORY 193
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 195
INTIZAR HUSSAIN (AN UNWRITTEN EPIC) 199
LIFE AND WORKS OF INTIZAR HUSSAIN 200
PLOT SUMMARY OF AN UNWRITTEN EPIC
(EK BIN LIKHI RAZMIYA) 206
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF AN UNWRITTEN EPIC
(EK BIN LIKHI RAZMIYA) 211
TEXT: AN UNWRITTEN EPIC (EK BIN LIKHI RAZMIYA) 213
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 226
FAIZ AHMAD FAIZ (BOL, SUBH-E-AZADI, MUJH SAY PEHLI SI…) 229
LIFE AND WORKS FAIZ AHMAD FAIZ 230
FAIZ AHMAD FAIZ AS A POET 233
BOL (TEXT) 237
BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE POEM, BOL 238
CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE POEM 239
MAJOR THEMES OF THE POEM 242
SUBH-E-AZADI (TEXT) 245
GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF SUBH-E-AZADI 246
CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF SUBH-E-AZADI 248
DIFFERENT THEMES IN THE POEM 250
MUJH SAY PEHLI SI … (TEXT) 254
GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF THE POEM… 255
CRITICAL APPERECIATION OF THE POEM 257
DIFFERENT THEMES OF THE POEM 260
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 263
HABIB JALIB (ZULMATKO ZIA, DASTOOR) 265
LIFE AND WORKS OF HABIB JALIB 266
HABIB JALIB AS A POET 268
JALIB AS A POET OF RESISTANCE 272
JALIB AS A SHAIR-E-AWAM (POET OF MASSES) 274
DASTOOR (TEXT) 276
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POEM, DASTOOR
ALONGWITH DIFFERENT THEMES 277
ZULMATKO ZIA (TEXT) 280
INTRODUCTION OF THE POEM 281
STANZA-WISE EXPLANATION OF THE POEM 282
DIFFERENT THEMES IN THE POEM 288
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 292
DAUD KAMAL (REBEL, ANNIVERSARY, KINGFISHER) 293
LIFE AND WORKS OF DAUD KAMAL 294
DAUD KAMAL’S STYLE AND THEMES 295
 THE REBEL (TEXT) 297
CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE POEM 298
ANNIVERSARY (TEXT) 299
CRITICAL SUMMARY OF THE POEM 300
KINGFISHER 302
CRITICAL SUMMARY 303
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 305
AURANGZEB ALAMGIR HASHMI (EID, TROPICS, PAKISTAN MOVEMENT) 306
LIFE AND WORKS OF AURANGZEB ALAMGIR HASHMI 307
AURANGZEB ALAMGIR HASHMI’S STYLE 309
EID 310
CRITICAL SUMMARY 311
PAKISTAN MOVEMENT (TEXT) 313
CRITICAL SUMMARY OF PAKISTAN MOVEMENT 315
TROPICS (TEXT) 317
CRITICAL SUMMARY 318
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 319
 Course Title: Pakistani Literature in English (II) 3
Course Code: ENG-510

Contents

Novels
• Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
• Shazaf Fatima Haider: How It Happened

Short Stories
• Aamir Hussein: Sweet Rice
• Danyal Moeenuddin: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders; Our Lady of Paris
• Intezar Hussein: An Unwritten Epic
Poets
• Faiz: Subh-e-Azadi, Bol, Mujh say pehli si
• Habib Jalib: Zulmatko zia, Aisay dastoor ko main nahi manta
• Daud Kamal: Rebel, Anniversary, Kingfisher
• Aalamgir Hashmi: Eid, A Topic, Pakistan Movement