Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.
Contents:
From Hatterr to Trotter and Beyond -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. Menippean satire and counter-realism in Indian postcolonial fictions --2. G.V. Desani's postcolonial Menippean satiric subversions -- 3. Aubrey Menen and Menippean wit -- 4. Salman Rushdie's Menippean strategies of language -- 5. Irwin Allan Sealy's Menippean strategies of form -- Conclusion: From Hatterr to Trotter and Beyond -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary:
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.--Publisher's website.
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