![]() 16 December 1971, the moment of victory for Bangladesh is for Pakistan a mark of ignominious defeat not only at the hands of rebellious ‘un-Islamic’ ‘effeminate’ 1 Bengalis, but also its ‘arch-enemy’, India. While 1971 is largely understood as a moment of freedom from internal colonisation in Bangladesh, it signifies the collapse of the dream of Pakistan. 3 Memon observes, “the discussion on this important event - which struck at the roots of national ide (.)ġThe military conflict of 1971, glorified as the ‘Liberation War’ in Bangladesh, is remembered as the ‘Civil War’ in Pakistan.2 Niaz Zaman and Asif Farrukhi (2008) agree that the war “has exerted a greater and much more profoun (.).1 Mookherjee writes, “The west Pakistani army apparently saw these Kafers as small-boned, short, (.).Cet article démontre, par une lecture attentive du roman, comment les récits sont utilisés pour forger une amnésie collective et un déni collectif de responsabilité en interrogeant la culpabilité générationnelle et l'examen de conscience national tels qu'ils sont illustrés dans Kartography. Il décrit la nature cyclique de la violence et de la haine telle qu’elle est démontrée dans le roman en établissant des liens entre divers événements historiques et leurs souvenirs afin de comprendre comment la relation entre l’intime et le politique façonne l'identité individuelle et nationale. Il s'efforce de situer le roman dans un monde où prolifèrent les excuses internationales pour les méfaits de l'histoire. Cet article étudie ce roman dans le but de comprendre le rôle des récits littéraires pour offrir une perspective alternative au récit nationaliste. Kartography (2001) de Kamila Shamsie est l'un des rares romans pakistanais qui a pour toile de fond la guerre de 1971. La représentation de la guerre dans le discours officiel pakistanais est également à l’opposé de celle du Bangladesh. Cependant, la littérature pakistanaise offre un contraste frappant, les références à la guerre étant rares. La guerre de 1971 a été largement représentée sous différentes formes au Bangladesh. ![]() ![]() This article demonstrates through a close reading of the novel how narratives are used to forge collective amnesia and collective denial of responsibility, interrogating generational guilt and national self-examination as illustrated in Kartography. It delineates the cyclical nature of violence and hatred as demonstrated in the novel by drawing connections between various historical events and their memories, as it attempts to understand how the relationship between personal and political shapes individual and national identity. ![]() It endeavours to locate the novel in a world of proliferating international apologies for historical misdeeds. This article attempts to understand the role of literary narratives to offer a perspective which diverges from the nationalist public narrative. ![]() Kamila Shamsie’s Kartography (2001) is one of the few Pakistani novels setting the 1971 war as its backdrop. The representation of the war in Pakistani official discourse is also understandably contradictory to that of Bangladesh. However, Pakistani literature offers a stark contrast, as references to the war are sparse. The war of 1971 has been widely represented in all forms of media in Bangladesh. ![]()
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