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100 1 $aBall, John Clement,$d1960-
245 10 $aSatire & the postcolonial novel :$bV.S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie /$cJohn Clement Ball.
246 3 $aSatire and the postcolonial novel
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2003.
300 $ax, 213 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aLiterary criticism and cultural theory
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index.
505 0 $a1. Theories of satire and postcolonialism -- 2. "The old enemy. And also the new" -- 3. "In all fairness" -- 4. "Pessoptimism."
520 $aSatire 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.
650 0 $aSatire, English$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aNaipaul, V. S.$q(Vidiadhar Surajprasad),$d1932-$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aAchebe, Chinua$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aRushdie, Salman$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aPostcolonialism$zEnglish-speaking countries.
650 0 $aPostcolonialism in literature.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
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