South Asian partition fiction in English : from Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh
著者
書誌事項
South Asian partition fiction in English : from Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh
（IIAS publications series, . Monographs ; 4）
Amsterdam University Press, c2010
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
South Asian Partition Fiction in English: From Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh explores a significant cross-section of South Asian fiction in English written on the theme of Partition from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s, and shows how the Partition novel in English traverses a very interesting trajectory during this period - from just 'reporting' the cataclysmic event to theorizing about it. The six novels selected for study (Train to Pakistan, A Bend in the Ganges, Ice-Candy-Man, Clear Light of Day, Midnight's Children, and The Shadow Lines) show that, essentially, three factors shape the contours and determine the thrust of the narratives - the time in which the novelists are writing; the value they attach to women as subjects of this traumatic history; and the way they perceive the concept of the nation. -By a fresh reading of six novels that are representative of the various perspectives on the Partition of the subcontinent, and placing them in a larger historical and literary context, dr. Roy's book fills an important lacuna in current criticism, and does it convincingly. - Peter Liebregts, Professor of Modern Literatures in English, Leiden University -In this thoughtful and thoroughly readable book, Rituparna Roy looks at fictional representations of the cataclysmic birth-pangs of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and indicates how literary envisionings mesh in with reportage, historiography, nationhood, femininity and personal identity. - Subir Dhar, Professor of English Literature, Rabindra Bharati University (RBU), Kolkata
目次
Contents - 8[-]Acknowledgements - 10[-]Introduction - 14[-]1. Partition: The Holocaust[-] - 34[-]2. Women during the Partition: Victim and agent[-] - 64[-]3. The making of a nation: Religion or language?[-] - 90[-]4. Imagined communities: Questioning the border[-] - 112[-]Conclusion - 132[-]Glossary - 140[-]Notes - 142[-]Bibliography - 164[-]Index - 172
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