ACROSS THE OCEAN SEA: HETEROTOPIC RECONFIGURATIONS OF SPACE IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S RECENT FICTION
ACROSS THE OCEAN SEA: HETEROTOPIC RECONFIGURATIONS OF SPACE IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S RECENT FICTION
Author(s): Dana CrăciunSubject(s): Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature, British Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: American space; intertextuality; heterotopia; Salman Rushdie;
Summary/Abstract: Salman Rushdie’s more recent fiction goes beyond the exploration of East and West that characterised his early work. If his pre-2000 novels focus on the clash and commingling of the two worlds, the texts Rushdie wrote following his move to the US show his interest in exploring a different third space, which escapes a traditional postcolonial understanding. This paper will discuss the way in which Salman Rushdie constructs the New World, this alternative space, in the “American phase” of his fiction, with a particular focus on his 2015 novel, Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 29/2023
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 69-78
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English