As we read fiction, we face the question of what the story in fiction has to do with real life. Is the story of the novel an exact reflection of real life? That in fiction there is one event (material) and the other is 'narrative discourse'. The realist theory accepts the change of situation in the narrative but does not accept the change of factual facts. All situations, data, characters, objects, and social enents exist outside of fiction and pre-exist, which are made usable in the novel. According to the realist theory, all these situations and events remain the same even after entering the novel. But they are subject to narrative, but they do not change. While reading the novel, we look at the event (circumstances and facts, objects, social and historical characters, etc.) in the narrative in the same way as it does in fiction. Narrative discourse is very important in fiction. Which gives fiction a distance from reality? This article discusses the facts and facts in fiction. The reality presented in fiction does not have to be an exact reflection of reality. New criticism and Russian formalists have also debated the relevance of fiction. This has also been discussed in this Artilce in details.

Footnotes:

1.   Milan Kundera, Novel ka Fan, (The Art of the Novel), trans., Arshad Waheed, (Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters, 2017), p. 75

2.   Qurat-ul-Ain Hyder, Chandni Begum, in Majmua Qurat-ul-Ain Hyder, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2009), p. 485

3.   Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Lisaniyaat aur Tanqeed, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2018), p. 283

4.   Shams-ur-Rahman Farooqi, Sahiri, Shahi, Sahibqaraani, Vol. 1, (New Delhi: National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, 1999), p. 45

5.   Ibid, p. 45

6.   Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Khas-o-Khashaak Zamaney, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2017), p. 23

7.   Ibid, p. 26

8.   Ibid, p. 30

9.   Ibid, p. 31

10. Ghulam Rasool Mehr, Nawa-e-Sarosh, (Sharah Diwan-e-Ghalib), (Lahore: Ghulam Ali & Sons, 2008), p. 235

11. Agha Nasir, Hum Jeetey Ji Masroof Rahey, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2009)

12. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Tanhai kay Sou Saal, (One Hundred Years of Solitude), trans., Naeem Klasra, (Lahore: Fiction House, 2015), p. 56

13. Sajjad Zaheer, London ki ek Raat, (Karachi: Maktaba-e-Danyal, 1990), p. 17

14. Ibid, p. 18

Sources:

1.   Farooqi, Shams-ur-Rahman, Sahiri, Shahi, Sahibqaraani, Vol. 1, New Delhi: National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, 1999

2.   Hyder, Qurat-ul-Ain, Chandni Begum, in Majmua Qurat-ul-Ain Hyder, Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2009

3.   Kundera, Milan, Novel ka Fan, (The Art of the Novel), trans., Arshad Waheed, Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters, 2017

4.   Marquez, Gabriel Garcia, Tanhai kay Sou Saal, (One Hundred Years of Solitude), trans., Naeem Klasra, (Lahore: Fiction House, 2015), p. 56

5.   Mehr, Ghulam Rasool, Nawa-e-Sarosh, (Sharah Diwan-e-Ghalib), (Lahore: Ghulam Ali & Sons, 2008), p. 235

6.   Nasir, Agha, Hum Jeetey Ji Masroof Rahey, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2009)

7.   Nayyar, Nasir Abbas, Dr., Lisaniyaat aur Tanqeed, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2018), p. 283

8.   Tarar, Mustansar Hussain, Khas-o-Khashaak Zamaney, Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2017

9.   Zaheer, Sajjad, London ki ek Raat, Karachi: Maktaba-e-Danyal, 1990