"تنہائی کے سو سال "عالمی نو آبادیات و استعمارکے تناظر میں

Authors

  • Dr. Muhammad Khurram Yasin Govt. College Women Univesity, Sialkot
  • Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Farooq

Keywords:

One Hundred Years of Solitude, postcolonization, Macondo

Abstract

Famous Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded Nobel Prize for his literary work; particularly for the novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” in 1985 due to its vast canvas, colonial, post-colonial, imperial studies and history of Latin America. The novel is centered on a new village “Macondo” which is built by Jose Arcadio  and Ursula, a metaphor to the first population on the world by Adam and Eve. Macondo is a land of dreams till the time no imperialist enter here and makes it a colony. Imperialists control it through a force system and bring scientific invention, businessmen, armed forces, ruthless killing of laborers, wars, socio-political unrest, fake elections system, materialism and dictatorship over lands. Never ending war starts with the result of demice and destruction of Macondo. This novel is indeed the study and explanation of history of imperialism, colonialism and post-colonialism of the world. This research brings into lime light and analyzes the elements of imperialism, colonization and postcolonization presented in the novel. 

Downloads

Published

2023-06-26

How to Cite

Dr. Muhammad Khurram Yasin, & Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Farooq. (2023). "تنہائی کے سو سال "عالمی نو آبادیات و استعمارکے تناظر میں . Tahqeed, 4(01), 130–153. Retrieved from https://tahqeed.pk/index.php/tahqeed/article/view/90