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Title “SUSTAINING CULTURE OF VIOLENCE”: A STUDY OF SELECTED CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN FICTION IN ENGLISH

Author(s) Yasir Nawaz

Abstract ABSTRACT Title: “Sustaining Culture of Violence”: A Study of Selected Contemporary South Asian Fiction in English South Asian communities have witnessed a meteoric rise in the events of violence and terrorism in the wake of 9/11. Shamise’s Burnt Shadows, Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns and Tanweer’s The Scatter Here is Too Great are examples of literary works that represent this surge in violence and terrorism; representing the nexus between violence and culture in South Asian communities. This study highlights why high levels of violence in the community, such as bomb blasts, killings, political and social upheavals often persist in what Steenkamp has termed as “post-accord societies”. Furthermore, this study discusses that the period of extended violent conflicts has given a drastic expansion to a “Culture of Violence”, which goes on an extra mile and creates a socially permissive environment within which violence can be continued even after peace accords have been signed. This thesis utilizes the conceptual framework of violence and types of violence theorized by Slavoj Žižek and the conceptualization of the culture of violence which is mapping the dynamics of violent intra-state conflict as presented by Christina Steenkamp. The study investigates the factors that create and sustain culture of violence at the international, state, collective and individual levels in post-accord societies and communities. The study also analyzes the consequences and impacts of culture of violence on the lives of communities by non-state actors, groups and institutions through the analysis of the lives of the main characters and their interpersonal relations.

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Publication Date 2024-09-04

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