EXPLORING POSTMODERN ASPECTS IN “BURNT SHADOWS”
Abstract
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie gives a fragmentary account of socio-political, historical events and show the journey of Hiroko Tanaka. The selected novel is written by a Pakistani writer. Various new writing techniques are used in this novel that creates comprehension problems for novice readers. This novel has been dissected from diverse points of view. Hardly any critic analyzed this text through new literary trends. The present study is conducted to explore the selected text using postmodern literature as the theoretical framework. Data is collected through secondary sources. Textual analysis is used to analyze the novel which shows several postmodern elements are used in the novel. The major postmodern elements are present in the text. This research also enables the reader to understand the novel.
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