Alex Tickell (UK University of Portsmouth)

Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things

A Routledge Study Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this guide to Roy's novel offers an introduction to the text and contexts of "The God of Small Things". It also presents a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text. It is aimed at those beginning detailed study of "The God of Small Things".

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Guides to Literature
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU58434
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 143mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780415358439
• ISBN-10: 0415358434
• Artikelnr.: 22098329

Autorenporträt

Alex Tickell is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Portsmouth. He has published widely on South-Asian fiction, and is the editor of Selections from Bengaliana (2005), and co-editor of Alternative Indias: Writing, Nation and Communalism (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Text and Contexts The Text. The Author. Cultural Contexts. Literary and Cinematic Contexts. Chronology Part 2: Critical History Part 3: Critical Readings Postcolonial Cultural Studies: The Making and Marketing of Arundhati Roy by Padmini Mongia. Marxist Criticism: Reading Arundhati Roy Politically by Aijaz Ahmad. Gender, Sexuality and Politics: In Desire and in Death: Eroticism as Politics in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things by Brinda Bose. Language: Language, Hybridity and Dialogism in The God of Small Things by Anna Clarke. Narrative and Structure: The Structures of Memory by Émilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas. Genre and Performance: The Epic Side of Truth: Storytelling and Performance in The God of Small Things Alex Tickell Part 4: Further Reading and Web Resources