ET, Pages 14-318 ans) ®@ Cite ts RR T Vo. Vi, No.1 (Winer 7077) “Becoming’ and ‘Belonging’: The Ambivalent Space of Hybrid Identity in Qurratulain Hyder’s River of Fire Tigi Falah Teature Unveriy af Lahore, Punh, Paka Tecturer, Deparment of Frgish, Government College Univerty Falatad, Sal-Canpas Hafizabod, Punjab, Fakisun. Ema Arshad appa gmail.com Master Trainer in anja Education Foundation Panis, Paki Kalsoom Saddigue [Anihad Nawaz Fava Zahoor Abstract: Ths search paper explore the ole of amiralet pace of hyd ey andthe "angina ‘Belngng the eof jer characters of Rive of by Queene vo etn opsitie ison tomes iff edaion, the serch eo pte th apt by which major chrsers in th fran er get nigh bre the ng’ a elagig' by sang la lin! ple Thu, the aly epee the role of abjeiv lily na per’ feta induce «new prev scour ro nthe hs of Hyde's chars. Thi each wes pocoenal shen a 4 le 9 exanine the cman thi cnpel the character toundt lppage wht regarking thr sca ata ond Marcy. Ferre, andng Hot. Bh, he term Beangn’ repeats he caloaliery of nation thet lay remain fle bce ofthe Teg’ deer of ts indie of ening ther ene: Ia ee ae cee fg een eee teeta! Bicone eppowch to show the caltralbybity ays onset sil ere, and eulbrel tnt ofthe characte by Bieycnei abalone Key Words: Postcolonilism, Hybridity, Ambivaen Introduction “The interstitial passage between fixed identifications ‘opens up the possibility of a cultural hybridity uha entertains difference without an assumed or imposed hierarchy” (ahabha, 2004, p.4, Homi K. Bhabha, a pioneer of postcolonial critics, discusses hybrid idemtty in The Location of Culture (2004) an claims that identity remains in Max, because of settlements of people in new areas, “Moreover, owing tothe interconnectedness of people, pe identity cannot be seen anywhere, As a result of the iniluence of posteolonial theorists and writers, South Asian literature also deals with representation, identity, diaspora, language, class, gender, hybridity, and many other issues, Quratullan Hyden's River of ie (1999) engages with the question of the amalgamated culture of Hindus and Muslins in india and maybe explored from the point of reference of the postcolonial framework. In addition, it captures several turns of centuries, both with historical linestty as well as with a sense of history that surpasses chronology. According to iri, Kachna, (1997) The , Homi k, Bhabha English language was used asa vehicle to open up the past, and as an access to the Western views of the colonized people, their histories, cultures, and regions, The past i full of a varity of linguistic, cults and religions convergences and types of hybridity (liyder,1999, p.9), Hence, River of Fre (1999) may be assumed as one of the classes of oder literature I caversnot only Indian history but also discusses the positive aspects of bybrid identity For instance, in the second ers, Kamaludin’'s hybridity can be realized in the context of Indian culture when he meets different people having different cultural values to satisy his curiosity to al social traits of analyse diferent aspects of belie diferent people belonging to diferent cultures Consequently, his experiences with diferent people snake him stand in minal’ space and alter his vision lif, He restarts his life under the inflience of a neve positive vision and rejects all discriminations among people of different races and creeds, He lives a lie of ‘ations Suiigu, K, Navas, Ro, & Zor, FOR), Ba ig wa Belonging’ Te able Space of Fybad esti in Queratulin Hyde's River oF, Gil Regi! Reie Vi), 14S. bp org $1708¢ 20200. ns URL g/d gO TOR ge DOP BE DOW TOA Tage DIVA