Fundamentalism: An Intertextual Case of Home Fire by Shamsie and Antigone by Sophocles with the Backdrop of 21st Century

Authors

  • Tariq Usman Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Naveed Akhter Khan SSE (English), School Education Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Farah Kalsoom Lecturer, Department of English, University of Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55737/qjssh.615365507

Keywords:

Fundamentalism, Islamophobia, Intertextuality, East and West

Abstract

This paper is a comparative study of two works- Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie and Antigonie by Sophocles. This paper aims at intertextual analysis of the selected texts to unearth the issue of fundamentalism and fear of Islam in the modern world. The West is in the grip of Islamic phobia which is quite haunting for it. Their arts and literature, particularly after the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers of World Trade Center abound in themes of fundamentalism and extremism as it is associated with Islam. Kamila Shamsie deals with the issue of fundamentalism in Home Fire so does Sophocles centuries ago in Antigone. There is no single text in literature rather every text is a mosaic of previous texts. One fine example related to this is The Waste Land (1922) by T. S. Eliot. Likewise, Home Fire bears handsome intertextuality with the previous texts, particularly Antigone.

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Published

2023-12-30

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2023): Fall 2023

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Usman, T., Khan, N. A., & Kalsoom, F. (2023). Fundamentalism: An Intertextual Case of Home Fire by Shamsie and Antigone by Sophocles with the Backdrop of 21st Century. Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 4(4), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.55737/qjssh.615365507