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Desai (anita), 1937 --- -Desai (anita), 1937 --- -Desai (anita), 1937-

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This book argues that Indian literature in English has brought forth a novelistic genre which can be described as ‘home fi ction.’ In contrast to the celebrated historical novels by writers such as Amitav Ghosh and Salman Rushdie, ‘home fiction’ revolves around the private space of home, the lives of women and their families. With its domestic setting and private histories, ‘home fi ction’ has developed particular literary strategies which effectively negotiate and critique discourses on nation, gender, and identity and thus transcend the supposedly private nature of the home. Casting a critical perspective on the male-dominated spaces of history and politics, this study focuses on two of the most prolifi c Indian- English women writers, Anita Desai and Shashi Deshpande, and the ways in which they dismantle the highly idealised image of the home as secluded female space. Die Autorin Ellen Dengel-Janic studied English and German literature at the Universities of Regensburg, Aberdeen and Tuebingen. She is a lecturer in English literature and cultural studies at the University of Tuebingen. Her major interests are in the field of Anglophone literatures and cultures, film studies and gender studies.

Desai, Anita (1937-....) --- Deshpande, Shashi (1938-....) --- Critique et interprétation

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Feminism in literature --- Desire in literature --- Morrison, Toni --- Roberts, Michele --- Desai, Anita, - 1937-

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DESAI (ANITA), 1937 --- -SAHGAL (NAYANTARA), 1927 --- -MORRISON (TONI), 1931 --- -WALKER (ALICE), 1944 --- -ROMAN DE L'INDE DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- ROMAN DE L'INDE DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- ROMAN AMERICAIN --- FEMMES ET LITTERATURE --- FEMMES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- CRITIQUE ET INTERPRETATION --- 20E SIECLE --- FEMMES ECRIVAINS --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE

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The book focuses on the representation of South Asian life in works by four Anglophone writers: V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, and Anita Desai. Concentrating on the intertwined topics of nationalism, transnationalism, and fundamentalism, the book addresses the dislocation associated with these phenomena, offering a critical dialogue between these works and contemporary history, using history to interrogate fiction and fiction to think through historical issues. Despite all their differences, the works of these authors delineate the asymmetrical relations of colonialism and the aftermath of this phenomenon as it is manifested across the globe. The binary structures created by the colonial encounter undergo a process of dialectical interplay in which each culture makes incursions into the other. This dialogic interplay becomes the basis for strategies that enable transnational and postcolonial writers to reimagine themselves and their world.

Indic fiction (English) --- Nationalism and literature --- East Indians --- Transnationalism --- Globalization in literature. --- Roman de l'Inde (anglais) --- Nationalisme et littérature --- Indiens (Orientaux) --- Transnationalisme --- Mondialisation dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- Histoire et critique --- Vie intellectuelle --- Naipaul, V. S. --- Desai, Anita, --- Rushdie, Salman. --- Ghosh, Amitav, --- Nationalisme et littérature --- Mondialisation dans la littérature --- NAIPAUL (VIDIADHAR SURAJPRASAD), 1932 --- -DESAI (ANITA), 1937 --- -RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -GHOSH (AMITAV) --- ROMAN DE L'INDE DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- TRANSNATIONALISME --- MONDIALISATION DANS LA LITTERATURE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE