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Historical Context
Historical Context
Explore the slides to learn more about the historical context of Manto's stories. Manto lived through and wrote about the Partition of India and Pakistan.
You can also learn more about The Partition by looking at these resources here.
Texts Studied In Class
Texts Studied In Class
Use this study pack to organise your study notes. Feel free to add extra tabs and develop the pack in a way that works well for you.
Read the paragraph to the right. Can you find the mistake that the student makes? They deviate from the text to share their ideas and knowledge of the historical context of the text. Remember, we're conducting literary analysis, not historical analysis.
You can also explore click the image of a pile of books to visit the 'Analysing Novels & Short Stories' page, which can help you explore this text. Given Manto's style, it might be worth paying specific attention to the symbols page in this section. Alternatively, you can see this resource.
Click the link above or the image to access materials that might help with your understanding of the text.
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