Recollecting Facts and Fiction: Revisiting Covid-19 Pandemic in Time Present and Past

Abstract

The arrival of Covid-19 revised memories of past. The forsaken past suddenly came back to sight like mummies in Egyptian horror films. If we minutely observe scenario during on-going epidemic or pandemic, we would definitely acquaint ourselves with wide nature of disease and its impact on social structure. The sudden outburst destroys age old functioning and questions established norms. It is quite exciting to revisit lives during pandemic and examine them from multiple angels.  It always surprises us with abrupt beginning and wide affecting manner which results in high death rates and panic scenario. Life during Covid-19 shared similar experience whiles the state of exception. The present paper seeks to revisit pandemic stricken society and examine it from various glances. It also shares some literary responses and theoretical approaches to understand epidemic in far better ways. Literary responses provide us records of different epidemic and pandemic happenings and bottom-level public behaviour while theoretical approaches map critical practices which provides deeper understanding of governing body.