Literature in english. Volume I India
de: Mihaela Sorina Roibu
Publicat de: Editura Universitaria
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CONTENTS
Cuvânt înainte................................................................................... 7
Chapter 1 – A Theoretical Approach........................................... 11
1.1. Colonialism and Postcolonialism.............................................. 11
1.2. Prominent Names in Postcolonial Studies................................ 21
Franz Fanon and his Panorama on Three Levels................... 21
Edward Said – All about Orientalism and Imperialism......... 25
Gayatri Spivak – A Marxist-Feminist-Deconstructionist....... 31
Homi Bhabha – Mimicry, Hybridity, Ambivalence............... 35
1.3. Turning Theory into Practice: Postcolonial Literature.............. 41
Chapter 2 – India............................................................................ 44
2.1. A Taste of India – Historical and Literary Context................... 44
India in Pre-Colonial Times................................................... 44
The Arrival of the British – The Rise of the East India Company
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The Indian Mutiny.................................................................. 48
The Caste System................................................................... 50 6
The Amritsar Massacre.......................................................... 52
Mahatma Gandhi.................................................................... 54
Jawaharlal Nehru.................................................................... 56
The India-Pakistan War (1971).............................................. 57
The Indian Literary Context................................................... 59
2.2. Salman Rushdie......................................................................... 63
Midnight’s Children (1981)................................................... 66
2.3. Jhumpa Lahiri............................................................................ 83
The Namesake (2003)............................................................. 88
Bibliography.................................................................................. 109
| General | |
| Anul | 2017 |
| Autor | Mihaela Sorina Roibu |
| Categorii | Beletristica, Literatura universala, Literatura engleza, Carti |
| Editura | Editura Universitaria |
| ISBN | 978-606-14-1134-4 978-606-14-1 |
| Pagini | 112 pagini |
| Format | Softcover |
