Scott and Sharar: A study of Common Aspects of Historical Themes

Dr. Farida Yousaf

Journal of Research (Languages and Islamic Studies), Vol # 1, Issue # 1
Scott and Sharar: A study of Common Aspects of Historical Themes

Scott and Sharar: A study of Common Aspects of Historical Themes

Dr. Farida Yousaf/
December 31, 2001

Keywords

Theme Common Aspects Historical Novel Fiction Novelist Scott Sharar

Abstract

Scott and Sharar hold a unique position in the literatures of their nations due to their great contribution in originating and developing the art of historical novels. This paper is an endeavuor to explore the intricate similarities in the themes of their novels. A critical analysis of the themes in the novels of Scott and Sharar reveals that there are comparatively fewer similarities and more dissimilarities in the subjects that they select for artistic representation. Their greatness as historical novelists is evident from their modes of dealing with popular periods of history by imparting to them a tinge of romance. Both of them wrote profusely. Despite the fact that they lived in two different centuries, they dwelled in the similar political conditions as both India and Scottland were occupied by the British rulers in their life times. Both Scott and Sharar approached historical fiction in terms of a story to be told and of a theme to be worked out. The crusades is a common theme between them. Both Scott and Sharar can be paid equal tribute as they are the great initiators of historical novel in their respective cultures and literatures and have established this genre for the forthcoming generations.

References

Sharar, Dilgudaz, May 1924
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Fatimi Ali Ahmad, Sharar Bihasiat-i-Novel Nigar, Luckhnow, 1986
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Sharar, Malik-ul-Aziz Varjana, Chapter 1
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Sharar, Mazmeen-i-Sharar, Vol.IV, Luckhnow, 1919
Jack, Ian., Sir Walter Scott, Edinburdgh, 1972
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Yousaf, D. F. (2020). Scott and Sharar: A study of Common Aspects of Historical Themes. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو, 1(1), 57–62. https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e86514ae4637/page

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