COMPARISON OF BALOCH AND PASHTUN CULTURE AS DEPICTED IN NAZUK AND KHWAKHEY INGOR NOVELS
Keywords:
Balochi novel, Pashto novel, literature, culture, Baloch, PashtunAbstract
There are some shared geographical, linguistic and religious features in a multicultural society of Pakistan that are found in the literature of various ethnic and linguistic groups within Pakistan. These shared features tied the Pakistani nation and helped in national integration, making common cultural heritage and national identity. In the above context, this article attempts to explore prominent features in Baloch and Pashtun cultures as depicted in the two novels Nazuk and Khwakhey Ingor, respectively written in Balochi and Pashto languages in the second half of the twentieth century. These novels have been contextualized in the literary history of their respective literatures. This article also aims to know common as well as uncommon cultural features in Baloch and Pashtun societies. Both of the novels are important in their respective literatures. Nazuk is the first novel in Balochi language. Khwakhey Ingor is also a popular and well-known novel in Pashto language. Inductive and deductive thematic analysis approach has been employed in this research.
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