Post-Colonial Ethnicity. A Critical Study of The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature grade: 1.5 National University of Modern Languages Islamabad (Institute of English Studies) course: English Literature language: English abstract: The study aims to explore the issue of ethnicity especially in Post-colonial era. It deals with ethnicity as a subject and Post-colonial ethnic behavior because in Post-colonial age the issue of ethnicity has its own significance. Moreover it deals with problems of Parse community which they faced in sub-continent especially in Lahore Pakistan. It also highlights the issue of racism presenting the picture of pre-partition of sub-continent. The data of present research is a novel by Basic Sidhwa The Crow Eaters. Its analysis has been done with the help of qualitative method. Moreover analysis is supported with the theory of Post-colonialism. Henceforth the study explores the post-colonial ethnicity that how Parse community had to face ethnic attitude of natives of and also the British rulers. Hence the present research highlights the theme of ethnicity on the basis of minority culture religion and stereotypes.