| Postcolonial Satire: Indian Fiction and the Reimagining of Menippean Satire Contributor(s): Friedman, Amy L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498571964 ISBN-13: 9781498571968 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic - Literary Criticism | Modern - General |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Postcolonial Satire: Indian Fiction and the Reimagining of Menippean Satire positions postcolonial South Asian satiric fiction at the intersection of the cutting-edge territory of political resistance writing and the ancient tradition of Menippean satire. Postcolonial Satire disrupts the relationship between postcolonial literature and magic realism, by discussing the work of writers such as G. V. Desani, Aubrey Menen, Salman Rushdie, and Irwin Allan Sealy as one movement into the entirely subversive realm of satire. Indian fiction, as well as the fiction of other colonized cultures, can be re-construed through the lens of satire as openly critical of a broad spectrum of political and cultural issues. Employing the strengths of postcolonial theory and criticism, Postcolonial Satire expands upon the postcolonial works of these authors by analyzing them as satire, rather than magical realism with satirical elements. |