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The politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction : Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie /
The book addresses the intersection of politics and fiction in the process of nation formation in English-Indian fiction during the twentieth century. It does this by explain-ing the position of a writer in the process of decolonization. The central question of this project is the construction in fi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
Edwin Mellen Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Aggressive nationalism in Rudyard Kipling's Kim and E.M. Forster's A passage to India
- What is aggressive nationalism?
- Rudyard Kipling's imperial stance of seeing the white man as a colonial ruler
- E.M. Forster's contradictory stance toward the colonial rule
- The effect of aggressive nationalism
- Defensive nationalism in Raja Rao's Kanthapura and R.K. Narayan's waiting for the Mahatma
- What is defensive nationalism?
- the construction of Gandhian nationalistic thought in fiction
- Urban and rural nationalisms
- The natives' attitude toward the British
- The issues of religion and language in Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable
- The role of religion in the process of nation formation
- The merciless form of religion fictionalized in Anand's Untouchable
- The role of language in the process of nation formation
- Anand's writing of Untouchable in a language that was not his own
- The obstacles of the new nation in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children
- Is the process of nation formation fully accomplished with independence?
- The consequences of nationalism in Rushdie's Midnight's children
- The irresponsibility of political leaders as a threat to the nation
- Rushdie's vision of how the nation could be stable and prosperous
- Conclusion.