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.

subjects: Commonwealth fiction (English),  Criticism and interpretation,  English Satire,  English fiction,  History and criticism,  Postcolonialism,  Postcolonialism in literature,  Satire in literature,  Naipaul, v. s. (vidiadhar surajprasad), 1932-2018,  Rushdie, salman, 1947-,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Roman du Commonwealth (anglais),  Histoire et critique,  Roman anglais,  Postcolonialisme,  Postcolonialisme dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

People: Chinua Achebe,  Salman Rushdie,  V. S. Naipaul (1932-),  V.S. Naipaul (1932-)

Places: English-speaking countries

Times: 20th century