Theme Of Colonialism In The Midnight's Children

Midnight’s Children (1981) is a novel linking India’s transition from British colonialism to independence to its protagonist, Saleem Sinai – a boy with telepathic powers who is able to organize the 1001 other children of special abilities born within an hour of Indian independence (which took place at midnight on the 15th of August, 1947, hence the title). It is considered a seminal example of both postcolonial literature and magical realism. In fact, it was used early on in postcolonial studies

Cinema as Intertext in Midnight’s Children Saleem in Midnight’s Children makes an accurate evaluation of India when he states, “Nobody from Bombay should be without a basic film vocabulary” (Rushdie 33). Bollywood, the capital of the film industry in India, is the largest manufacturer of motion pictures in the world. A large percentage of the films are either mythical romances or musicals and often they last longer than three hours in length. While watching Indian cinema would be a

Hall confirms ―Identity emerges as a kind of unsettled space or an unresolved question in that space, between a number of intersecting discourses and the impact of colonial legacy was multi dimensional besides there was a different consequences of colonialism in different locations, the issue of identity appeared in different shapes and forms. Collective and individual identities also differ physically and psychologically. The resistance of decolonization process took various outlines due to countries

A. Prose: Fiction Assignment Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the day of India’s independence from British rule, Saleem’s life is a microcosm of post-Independent India. The Title of this text, Midnight’s Children, gives the reader a broad idea of what the text is about: It gives the time and where the setting may play off. This text dominates the theme of identity that breaks down colonial constructs of Western dominance over Eastern culture

Realism in Rohinton Mistry Family Matters Rupam Kumari Research Scholar University Department of English B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar Abstract The article examines the significance of realism in the work of Rohinton Mistry, especially in Family Matters (2002). Born in Bombay and emigrating to Canada in 1975, Mistry is a Canadian novelist who writes generally about the India and of his youth. Through realism, Mistry represents the life with fidelity. He is a realist in true

Chapter- One Theorising Identity and The Search for The Self among the sub-continental Diaspora in Britain Identity has always been a problematic area of interrogation epistemologically, existentially and politically and it continues to propel our thought. Etymologically, the term is derived from Latin word ‘Idem’ meaning ‘same’ (Oxford Online Dictionary) which means ‘specific quality or condition of being a specific person or an object”. A person’s identity is determined in terms of his/her