AN INVESTIGATION OF NARRATIVE DISCOURSE OF TARIQ REHMAN’S SHORTSTORY BINGO

Authors

  • Sabahat Batool M. Phil English Researcher, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar (D. I. Khan Campus), KP, Pakistan Author
  • Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Associate Professor of English, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar (D.I. Khan Campus), KP, Pakistan Author
  • Dr. Rubina Masum Assistant Professor, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi Author

Keywords:

Digesis, Mimesis, Narratology, Narrative instance, Narrative Frequency, Structure, Time and Mood

Abstract

The research endeavours to explore the various aspects of structural narratology in the short
story of Tariq Rehman. It also explores how the structures in a text contributes to achieve reality.
Gerard Genette’s Narrative Discourse Model provides theoretical framework in which textual
references from the primary source of data have been analysed. The research has been conducted by
qualitative method as it does not involve any numerical value. The researcher has chosen one short
story “Bingo” by Tariq Rehman. This story depicts the political ideas of the separation of East Pakistan
(Bangladesh) in 1971. The analysis has focused the narrative instance, narrative time, frequency and
narrative levels. The present research concludes that narrator is depicting his message to the readers
through the structure of short story.

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Published

2022-01-06

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): jahan-e-tahqeeq

Section

Articles