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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Maxharraj, Ukë (1974-....)
Titre(s) : The politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction [Texte imprimé] : Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie / Uke Maxharraj ; with a foreword by Mohit K. Ray
Publication : Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2011
Description matérielle : v, 379 p. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-370) and index
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Ray, Mohit Kumar (1940-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Roman indien (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise -- 20e siècle
Nationalisme et littérature -- Inde
Impérialisme -- Dans la littérature
Colonies -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773415027. - ISBN 0773415025
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42479124b
Notice n° :
FRBNF42479124
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