Experimental Writing within the Postcolonial Framework: Counterrealistic Diasporic and Non-diasporic Indian Writing in English - Couverture souple

Vincent, Suhasini

 
9783659164613: Experimental Writing within the Postcolonial Framework: Counterrealistic Diasporic and Non-diasporic Indian Writing in English
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ISBN 10 : 3659164615 ISBN 13 : 9783659164613
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This thesis studies how the Indian writer in English “by experimenting with traditional narrative forms” and “by choosing modes that are unconformable to the European episteme” indulges in counterrealistic writing that defies traditional national, linguistic or generic classifications. Through the three phases of “figuration,” “configuration” and “reconfiguration,” the research aims at studying the counterrealistic artifice in the works of diasporic authors – Salman Rushdie and Suniti Namjoshi – as well as the non-diasporic fiction of Namita Gokhale who writes in English, and Tamil writing in English translation in the works of R. Krishnamurthy (Kalki) and C.S. Lakshmi (Ambai). The intermingling of ancient Eastern and Western figurations of myths, fables, legends and folklore, the dual configuration of Eastern and Western world views and the postmodern recycling of old narratives to suit the changing times reveal how postcolonial writers renew the spirit of the culture, revitalise language, renew literature and reconfigure inherited configurations by reframing other frames of reference.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This thesis studies how the Indian writer in English “by experimenting with traditional narrative forms” and “by choosing modes that are unconformable to the European episteme” indulges in counterrealistic writing that defies traditional national, linguistic or generic classifications. Through the three phases of “figuration,” “configuration” and “reconfiguration,” the research aims at studying the counterrealistic artifice in the works of diasporic authors – Salman Rushdie and Suniti Namjoshi – as well as the non-diasporic fiction of Namita Gokhale who writes in English, and Tamil writing in English translation in the works of R. Krishnamurthy (Kalki) and C.S. Lakshmi (Ambai). The intermingling of ancient Eastern and Western figurations of myths, fables, legends and folklore, the dual configuration of Eastern and Western world views and the postmodern recycling of old narratives to suit the changing times reveal how postcolonial writers renew the spirit of the culture, revitalise language, renew literature and reconfigure inherited configurations by reframing other frames of reference.

Biographie de l'auteur

Suhasini VINCENT is an Associate Professor at the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon - Assas) since 2007. She has presented papers on the fiction of Salman Rushdie, Suniti Namjoshi, Namita Gokhale, Shashi Tharoor, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai and Amitav Ghosh in international conferences in France, Austria and Spain.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659164615
ISBN 13 
9783659164613
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
600
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