Postcolonial Satire - Indian Fiction and the Reimagining of Menippean Satire

This book unseats magic realism as the dominant articulation of postcolonial resistance, by analyzing well-known postcolonial Indian authors of satire. Through the framework of Menippean satire, Postcolonial Satire argues that postcolonial literature can not only resist cultural and political influence, but establish new independent ideologies.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Menippean Satire and Counter-realism in Indian Postcolonial Fictions
Chapter 2: G.V. Desani's Postcolonial Menippean Satiric Subversions
Chapter 3: Aubrey Menen and Menippean Wit
Chapter 4: Salman Rushdie's Menippean Strategies of Language
Chapter 5: Irwin Allan Sealy's Menippean Strategies of Form
Conclusion: From Hatterr to Trotter and Beyond
Bibliography
Index
About the author

About the author

Amy L. Friedman is associate professor in English and Liberal Studies at Temple University.

Summary

This book unseats magic realism as the dominant articulation of postcolonial resistance, by analyzing well-known postcolonial Indian authors of satire. Through the framework of Menippean satire, Postcolonial Satire argues that postcolonial literature can not only resist cultural and political influence, but establish new independent ideologies.

Product details

• Authors: Amy L. Friedman
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781498571968
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7196-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism