Rushdie’s Ideology in Midnight’s Children through History and Plural Identities
Rushdie’s Ideology in Midnight’s Children through History and Plural Identities

Summary/Abstract: In his novel Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie portrays his ideological positioning in a unique way. He changes the perception of history by retelling a nation’s history through Saleem’s personal (hi)story implying that a unique history of a nation can be constructed with fragmented stories of its people who represent all the cultural values and backgrounds of the country. A single person may have plural identities and both the clash and unity of plural identities constitute a unique identity as well as a unique nation. This study includes the analysis of Midnight’s Children as a quest of Rushdie’s representation of ideology through self storying, history and historiographic metafiction and plural identities.

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