ANALYZING MOHSIN HAMID’S EXIT WEST AND THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST: COSMOPOLITAN AND ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN CONCERNS

Authors

  • Muhammad Farooq Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KP
  • Ghani Rahman Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP
  • Muhammad Sohaib Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.348

Abstract

Migration is common to nearly all the known species in the cosmos inasmuch as it stems from the urge characterizing the principle of survival. The present study discusses Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist in terms of two contrast themes, cosmopolitanism and anti-cosmopolitanism by analyzing major characters in the selected texts. This qualitative study uses Kenneth Burke’s Pentad Dramatism as theoretical framework and applies content analysis technique for analyzing the selected texts. The study brings to conclusion the crucial and reluctant change of the protagonist in The Reluctant Fundamentalist who ironically transforms from a cosmopolitan figure into an anti- cosmopolitan person whereas in contrast to this, the characters in Exit West transform from regional characters into a more universal and cosmopolitan figures.

Keywords: cosmopolitanism, anti-cosmopolitanism, migration, identity

Author Biographies

  • Muhammad Farooq, Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KP

    Lecturer

  • Ghani Rahman, Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP

    Assistant Professor

  • Muhammad Sohaib, Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KP

    Lecturer

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Published

2022-03-31

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

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“ANALYZING MOHSIN HAMID’S EXIT WEST AND THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST: COSMOPOLITAN AND ANTI-COSMOPOLITAN CONCERNS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 85–91, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.348.