Satire & the postcolonial novel
Subtitle: V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie
By: John Clement Ball.
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Naipaul, V. S. 1932- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Achebe, Chinua -- Criticism and interpretation.; Rushdie, Salman -- Criticism and interpretation.; Satire, English -- History and criticism.; Commonwealth fiction (English) -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Postcolonialism -- English-speaking countries.; Postcolonialism in literature.
Other titles: Satire and the postcolonial novel
Description: Satire plays a prominent and often controversial role in postcolonial fiction. Satire and the Postcolonial Novel offers the first study of this topic, employing the insights of postcolonial comparative theories to revisit Western formulations of "satire" and the "satiric." Through the varying lenses provided by satire's relation to irony, allegory, narrative, and the grotesque, this book offers new readings of important novels by V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad), Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) and Salman Rushdie (India. It presents a detailed study of the complex and multidirectional ways satire has engaged with the history and messy aftermath of empire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index.