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A Postmodern Quest to Reconstruct Human Ties: A Nostalgic Desire for Reality in an Era of Simulation in Red Birds by Muhammad Hanif
Abstract
This research aims at exploring the unknown postwar country with desert. This is a quest to reconstruct human ties and a desired past and reality in an era of simulation by a well-known author, Muhammad Hanif in his text Red Birds. In the novel, the writer does not only satirize the hypocrisy of the civilized society by making the statement that these people first create unrest and chaos by bombs and then send their experts to study the young Muslim minds. The text Red Birds will analyze the dirty politics of Americans over an unknown Muslim country in the desert. The theoretical framework of this research is Jean Baudrillard's theory of simulation which was used as a lens for the analysis of war-stricken, displaced people who are forced to live in camps, about their missing dear ones and the brutality of Americans with different signs and symbols which will convey the dark desires of Americans.
Authors
Dr. Bushra Shoukat
Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Mr. Aurangzeb
Associate Lecturer, Department of English Literature, Islamia University of Bahawalpur Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Exploration, Reconstruction, Red Birds, Simulation, War-Stricken
