LEADER 03793nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910825190903321 005 20240524175104.0 010 $a1-280-92557-4 010 $a9786610925575 010 $a0-88920-749-6 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889207493 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713568 035 $a(EBL)685704 035 $a(OCoLC)753479520 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205354 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246059 035 $a(PQKB)11554491 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402516 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521589 035 $a(OCoLC)794702242 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685704 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10147341 035 $a(PPN)250535807 035 $a(DE-B1597)667284 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889207493 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88899297 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/xq9qwp 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685704 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713568 100 $a20011212d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCounterrealism and Indo-Anglian fiction /$fChelva Kanaganayakam 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aWaterloo, Ont. :$cWilfrid Laurier University Press,$dc2002. 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-55458-062-5 311 $a0-88920-398-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. 199-208. 327 $aCounterrealism as alternative literary history -- The fabulator of Malgudi: R.K. Narayan -- H. Hatterr and sauce anglaise: G.V. Desani -- Slipper dragging and the silent piano: Anita Desai -- The art of enchantment: Zulfikar Ghose -- Fashioning new fables: Suniti Namjoshi -- Fabulating the real: Salmon Rushdie -- Midnight's grandchildren. 330 $aWhat do R.K. Narayan, G.V. Desani, Anita Desai, Zulfikar Ghose, Suniti Namjoshi, and Salman Rushdie have in common? They represent Indian writing in English over five decades. Vilified by many cultural nationalists for not writing in native languages, they nonetheless present a critique of the historical and cultural conditions that promoted and sustained writing in English. They also have in common a counterrealist aesthetic that asks its own social, political, and textual questions. This book is about the need to look at the tradition of Indian writing in English from the perspective of counterrealism. The departure from the conventions of mimetic writing not only challenges the limits of realism but also enables Indo-Anglian authors to access formative areas of colonial experience. Kanaganayakam analyzes the fiction of writers who work in this vibrant Indo-Anglian tradition and demonstrates patterns of continuity and change during the last five decades. Each chapter draws attention to what is distinctive about the artifice in each author while pointing to the features that connect them. The book concludes with a study of contemporary writing and its commitment to non-mimetic forms. 606 $aIndic fiction (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIndic literature (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aIndic fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIndic literature (English)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.91409954 700 $aKanaganayakam$b C$g(Chelvanayakam),$f1952-2014.$01737437 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825190903321 996 $aCounterrealism and Indo-Anglian fiction$94159326 997 $aUNINA