Marginalisation of muslim writers in South Asian literature: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's English works

• Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: BP88 Individual authors, A-Z; PI Oriental languages and literatures; PN0441 Literary History
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/28243/1/marginalisation_of_muslim_writers_in_south_asian_literature.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/28243/; http://sar.sagepub.com/content/current

This article argues that there appears to be a pattern of disregarding the literary contributions of South Asian Muslim writers who produced English texts on a variety of topics. It then mainly contextualises Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s English works in the tradition of South Asian writing in English to identify a continuous trend of undervaluing Muslim literary contributions in English in the region. The article thus argues for a re-assessment of the evaluation of this literary tradition, so that the many forgotten South Asian Muslim writers in English, including Rokeya, regain their long overdue recognition.