Afghanistani storytelling and writing : history, performance and forms

Faridullah Bezhan
[Clayton, Vic.] : Monash Asia Institute, 2006

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Book description
This paper addresses the history of Afghanistani storytelling from about the 5th century ECE to the present era, as well as its forms and major works. Understanding the nature of 'Afghanistani literature' before the formation of nation states in the 19th century required us to position the literature of 'Afghanistan' in a cultural paradigm that bears no relationship to the geographical and political boundaries that define modern nation states. Rather, the paradigm used in this paper is that of a culturally continuous region based on linguistic and literary structures and achievements.

About the author
Faridullah Bezhan is a Research Fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University. He has a BA and an MA from the University of Kabul, a MPhil from Delhi University, and PhD from Monash University. He taught for ten years at the University of Kabul.

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