Redefining Nationhood and Nationality through Historiographic Metafiction in the Shadow Lines

Purpose: Postmodernism is a general movement that developed in the late 20th century across arts, philosophy, art, architecture, and criticism, marking disappearance from modernism. The term has been more often used to describe historical age which followed after modernity. period of uprising refers ups downs each walk life different disciplines knowledge be it literary work, or science. Postmodern literature revokes some modern methods by transforming them. Historiographic Metafiction contradictory consists two opposite categories such as history metafiction. It having dual representations because writings reflect reality well fictional position. An attempt made Post-colonial Indian English writers liberate foreign bondage. Historical events agitations, migration, movements, refugees, colonial hegemony; social-economic cultural problems like encounter east-west, caste, class became concerns writers. Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper prepared making study Primary source accumulating secondary data educational websites written publications. qualitative research carried out studying interpreting existing on subject. tries analyze historiographic metafictional features depicted Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh. Findings/Result: After reviewing many articles, books thesis found aims Ghosh's notions ‟ Nationhood National distinctiveness "The Lines” reminiscence novel, highlights few happenings Second World War, Swadeshi movement, Partition India 1947 communal uprisings Bangladesh India. ardent nationalism upheld protagonist narrator’s grandmother questioned re-analysed. Ghosh searches for appropriateness traditional identity nation nationalism. Originality/Value: makes major character Thamma with special reference her Nationality. novel given prominence being woman she stands thoughts identifies an individual who faced tragedy but still had courage raise voice till end. Paper Type: Analytical Research paper.