Historicity/Fictionality of History in Indian Writing in ...
Saxena, Shweta
History and fiction have existed as mutually dichotomous branch of studies from time immemorial. History is conventionally thought to be 'realist, ' 'empiricist, ' 'objectivist, ' and 'documentarist' in nature. However, the onslaught of deconstructive notions of postmodernism brought about paradigmatic shift in the realm of historiography by essentially underscoring the narrative aspect of history. Critics like Hayden White, Linda Hutcheon, Ke...