The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries

The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries

Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries (2008, 2011, 2014) present the character of Butterfly who is immersed in her own luxurious world with hardly a thought about the actual world in which sweeping social and political changes are taking place. Her lopsided, privileged view of the world is balanced by the...

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Glavni autor: Laskar, Rizia Begum
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Izdano: Angles 2022
Teme:
littérature
voix
langue
Pakistan
journal intime
privilège
Mohsin Moni
literature
voice
language
diary
privilege
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:angles_5519 https://doi.org/10.4000/angles.5519 urn:doi:10.4000/angles.5519 en https://journals.openedition.org/angles/5519 2022-05-27T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/9n1y https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries Angles Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2274-2042 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/angles Laskar, Rizia Begum littérature voix langue Pakistan journal intime privilège Mohsin Moni literature voice language Pakistan diary privilege Mohsin Moni Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries (2008, 2011, 2014) present the character of Butterfly who is immersed in her own luxurious world with hardly a thought about the actual world in which sweeping social and political changes are taking place. Her lopsided, privileged view of the world is balanced by the voice of her husband Janoo who represents the voice of sanity. Yet Butterfly’s vantage point also allows for sporadic self-retrospection and analysis, and these are moments of surprise not only for the reader but also for her immediate family members. This paper argues that Butterfly’s voice which finds itself portrayed through the diary in the series is an insistent one which despite glossing over certain things still allows her to position herself in the changing society. It is this voice which can be posited as the voice of new Pakistan. Butterfly Diaries (2008, 2011, 2014) de Moni Mohsin met en scène le personnage de Butterfly qui est plongée dans son propre monde privilégié et ne pense guère au monde réel dans lequel des changements sociaux et politiques radicaux ont lieu. Sa vision biaisée et privilégiée du monde est contrebalancée par la voix de son mari Janoo, qui représente la voix de la raison. Cependant, le point de vue de Butterfly permet aussi une forme d’introspection, et une analyse en pointillés, moments de surprise non seulement pour le lecteur mais aussi pour les membres de sa famille proche. Cet article démontre que la voix de Butterfly, qui se trouve dépeinte sous forme de journal intime, est une voix insistante qui, bien que passant sous silence certaines choses, lui permet de se positionner dans une société en mutation. C'est cette voix qui peut être considérée comme la voix du nouveau Pakistan.
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topic littérature
voix
langue
Pakistan
journal intime
privilège
Mohsin Moni
literature
voice
language
Pakistan
diary
privilege
Mohsin Moni
spellingShingle littérature
voix
langue
Pakistan
journal intime
privilège
Mohsin Moni
literature
voice
language
Pakistan
diary
privilege
Mohsin Moni
Laskar, Rizia Begum
The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
description Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries (2008, 2011, 2014) present the character of Butterfly who is immersed in her own luxurious world with hardly a thought about the actual world in which sweeping social and political changes are taking place. Her lopsided, privileged view of the world is balanced by the voice of her husband Janoo who represents the voice of sanity. Yet Butterfly’s vantage point also allows for sporadic self-retrospection and analysis, and these are moments of surprise not only for the reader but also for her immediate family members. This paper argues that Butterfly’s voice which finds itself portrayed through the diary in the series is an insistent one which despite glossing over certain things still allows her to position herself in the changing society. It is this voice which can be posited as the voice of new Pakistan.
author Laskar, Rizia Begum
author_facet Laskar, Rizia Begum
author_sort Laskar, Rizia Begum
title The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
title_short The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
title_full The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
title_fullStr The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
title_full_unstemmed The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries
title_sort voice in the diary: moni mohsin’s butterfly diaries
publisher Angles
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