Amalgamation of fact and fiction in Socrates' Footsteps - Khanal, Shyama
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This book focuses on Govinda Raj Bhattarai's Socrates' Footsteps, a story of a young boy, Ananta frustrated by socio- political violence. On the surface the novel appears to be the journey of a young man from his village to Kathmandu, but in the reality it is a tale which manages to blur the boundary between fact and fiction. The novel is the fictionalization of those facts which occurred during the period of Maoist insurgency. By blurring the boundary between fact and fiction, the novel attempts to document the histories which are not considered significant in official history and through…mehr

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This book focuses on Govinda Raj Bhattarai's Socrates' Footsteps, a story of a young boy, Ananta frustrated by socio- political violence. On the surface the novel appears to be the journey of a young man from his village to Kathmandu, but in the reality it is a tale which manages to blur the boundary between fact and fiction. The novel is the fictionalization of those facts which occurred during the period of Maoist insurgency. By blurring the boundary between fact and fiction, the novel attempts to document the histories which are not considered significant in official history and through this novel the history of marginalized people is brought in the form of fiction. Moreover, the study also aims at establishing the importance of factual evidences while fictionalizing it.
Autorenporträt
Shyama Khanal es profesora titular de la Universidad Sánscrita de Nepal. Su titulación es M.A, M.Ed en inglés. Es miembro vitalicio de la NELTA (Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Nepal). Ha presentado varias ponencias en conferencias nacionales e internacionales. Ha completado muchos cursos en línea como webinar, coursera y el curso para profesores AE.