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UZMA ASLAM KHANS THINNER THAN SKIN AND PROSPECTS FOR AESTHETIC APPRECIATION

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).13      10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).13      Published : Jun 2023

Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation

Abstract

    The present study argues that the novel Thinner than Skin is not intended to be read as a depiction of the beautiful scenery of northern Pakistan. Instead, the beauty of the landscape's surface masks the bleak/painful reality beneath. As a result, aesthetic issues in Thinner than Skin revolves around whether or not the underlying sufferings that contradict the sublime should be taken into account when appraising the creative worth of works of fiction. When reading the story from Schopenhauer's point of view, this lends new meanings and an existential difficulty to the aesthetic beauty of the aforementioned locations.

    Thinner Than Skin, Pakistani Anglophone Fiction, Aesthetics, Schopenhauer

    (1) Nida Nadeem
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Asim Karim
    Professor, Department of English, University of Wah, Wah Cant, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Hafiza Rashna Ashraf
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Nadeem, Nida, Asim Karim, and Hafiza Rashna Ashraf. 2023. "Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation." Global Language Review, VIII (II): 139-151 doi: 10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).13

HARVARD

    HARVARD : NADEEM, N., KARIM, A. & ASHRAF, H. R. 2023. Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation. Global Language Review, VIII, 139-151.

MHRA

    MHRA : Nadeem, Nida, Asim Karim, and Hafiza Rashna Ashraf. 2023. "Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation." Global Language Review, VIII: 139-151

MLA

    MLA : Nadeem, Nida, Asim Karim, and Hafiza Rashna Ashraf. "Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation." Global Language Review, VIII.II (2023): 139-151 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Nadeem, Nida, Karim, Asim, and Ashraf, Hafiza Rashna (2023), "Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation", Global Language Review, VIII (II), 139-151

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Nadeem, Nida, Asim Karim, and Hafiza Rashna Ashraf. "Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin and Prospects for Aesthetic Appreciation." Global Language Review VIII, no. II (2023): 139-151. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).13