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Trauma of Holocaust in the Fiction of Saul Bellow

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Author

Faisal Arif Sukhera

Department

Department of English

Program

PhD

Institute

National University of Modern Languages

Institute Type

Public

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2016

Subject

English Language

Language

English

Added

2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676728729454

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Trauma of Holocaust in the Fiction of Saul Bellow This study attempts to analyze the fictional writings of Saul Bellow, the Jewish American writer in the backdrop of the trauma theory presented by Cathy Caruth. Saul Bellow wrote novels and short stories which are representative of the second generation Jewish immigrants. This study uses the Historical Biographical method of research to show how far Bellow’s fiction represents the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The focus of the research is Bellovian protagonists Herzog, Leventhal, Fonstein, Mosby and Lustgarten. It also discusses the extent to which these protagonists exhibit their trauma through action, speech and behavior. I have also analyzed how these characters represent their traumatized historicity, haunting flashbacks and the recurring memories of torture and brutal treatment of the Jews that continue to haunt them in contemporary America. The connection between Bellovian fictional characters and the Holocaust testimonies is also tied into the basic theme of the trauma of the Holocaust. In order to establish a link between the fictional account and the factual, a detailed study has been made to analyze the extent to which one supports the other.
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پروفیسر نجم الاسلام

پروفیسر نجم الاسلام
پروفسر نجم الاسلام ۱۳؍ فروری ۲۰۰۱؁ء کو لطیف آباد سندھ حیدرآباد میں وفات پاگئے۔ اناﷲ وانا الیہ راجعون۔
مرحوم کی پیدائش ۱۹۳۳؁ء میں بجنور میں ہوئی تھی۔ میرٹھ کالج سے بی۔اے کیا اور یہیں سے حفیظ میرٹھی وغیرہ کے اشتراک سے ’’معیار‘‘ کے نام سے ایک ادبی ماہنامہ نکالا جس نے چند برسوں کے بعد دم توڑ دیا مگر تعمیری ادب کے نقوش چھوڑ گیا۔ انھوں نے اس میں چھپنے والے افسانوں اور ڈراموں کا ایک انتخاب ’’ابھرتی کرنیں‘‘ کے نام سے شائع کیا تھا۔
پاکستان جانے کے بعد انہوں نے سندھ یونیورسٹی سے ایم۔اے کیا اور ’’شمالی ہند کی قدیم اردو نثر‘‘ کے موضوع پر اردو فارسی کے مشہور فاضل اور ممتاز محقق پروفیسر ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفےٰ کی نگرانی میں ڈاکٹریٹ کا مقالہ لکھا، ان کے ریٹائر ہونے کے بعد نجم الاسلام صاحب شعبہ اردو کے سربراہ مقرر ہوئے۔
سندھ یونیورسٹی کے شعبہ اردو کی جانب سے ۱۹۶۱؁ء میں انھوں نے ’’صریر خامہ‘‘ کے نام سے ایک ادبی مجلہ جاری کیا، ۱۹۸۷؁ء میں ان کی ادارت میں اسی شعبہ سے ایک معیاری اور بلند پایہ مجلہ ’’تحقیق‘‘ نکلا، جس نے ہندوستان و پاکستان کے بعض ممتاز محققین کے گوشے بھی شائع کئے، اس مجلہ میں راقم اپنے بعض پرانے مضامین دیکھ کر دنگ رہ گیا کہ وہ کہاں کہاں سے ڈھونڈ ڈھونڈ کر مضامین شائع کرتے تھے۔
خدا کرے یہ بلند پایہ مجلہ ان کے بعد بھی جاری رہے، مرحوم کی کئی کتابیں بھی چھپی ہیں ’’مطالعات‘‘ ان کے تحقیقی مضامین کا مجموعہ ہے۔ اﷲ تعالیٰ انہیں غریق رحمت کرے، آمین! (ضیاء الدین اصلاحی، مئی ۲۰۰۱ء)

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