LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY IN MODERNITY
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It is an excellent example of “Magical Realism.”
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It is concerned with the post-colonial situation of India before and after its partitioning into India and Pakistan.
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It is a book that tells the story of the Sinai family.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Salman Rushdie, in full Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, (born June 19, 1947, Bombay [now Mumbai], India), Indian-born writer whose allegorical novels examine historical and philosophical issues by means of surreal characters, brooding humour, and an effusive and melodramatic prose style.
Detailed explanation-2: -Midnight’s Children is a loose allegory for events in 1947 British Raj India and after the partition of India. The protagonist and narrator of the story is Saleem Sinai, born at the exact moment when India became an independent country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The style of writing and narration in Midnight’s Children is very poetic, which makes it somewhat confusing. Rushdie spends a very long paragraph describing Aadam’s nose, and its descendants, which just seems like an odd break from the advancement of the plot.
Detailed explanation-4: -Truth and Storytelling. British Colonialism and Postcolonialism. Sex and Gender. Identity and Nationality. Fragments and Partitioning. Religion. 05-Jan-2019