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Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise. --- Indic fiction (English) --- History and criticism. --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise.

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Genres of Modernity maps the conjunctures of critical theory and literary production in contemporary India. The volume situates a sample of representative novels in the discursive environment of the ongoing critical debate on modernity in India, and offers for the first time a rigorous attempt to hold together the stimulating impulses of postcolonial theory, subaltern studies and the boom of Indian fiction in English. In opposition to the entrenched narrative of modernity as a single, universally valid formation originating in the West, the theoretical and literary texts under discussion engage in a shared project of refiguring the present as a site of heterogeneous genres of modernity. The book traces these figurative efforts with particular attention to the treatment of two privileged metonymies of modernity: the issues of time and home in Indian fiction. Combining close readings of literary texts from Salman Rushdie to Kiran Nagarkar with a wide range of philosophical, sociological and historiographic reflections, Genres of Modernity is of interest not only for students of postcolonial literatures but for academics in the fields of Cultural Studies at large.

Modernism (Literature) --- Literature and history --- Indic literature (English) --- History and criticism. --- History --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Modernisme (littérature) --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique --- 21e siècle --- Inde --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Modernisme (littérature) --- 20e siècle --- 21e siècle

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This book engages with current developments in postcolonial research, exploring notions of cultural transmission, tradition and modernity, authenticity, cross-cultural aesthetics and postcolonial ethics. The author considers the ethical responsibility of the postcolonial intellectual, enhancing our understanding of this topic through the concept of custodianship, which may be defined as a responsibility towards the other in forms of cultural and literary inheritance. The author introduces custodianship as a central theme and a vital question for the committed intellectual today, proposing original interpretations of major postcolonial texts by key figures including Anita Desai, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Mahasweta Devi and Arundhati Roy. Through close reading and historical analysis, Postcolonial Custodianship reveals that a practice of custodianship has always been an essential element of these writers' ethical engagement, yet in a way that has never been explored. The author contends that the question of custodianship should not be seen as a merely negative designation; it is by redefining the very meaning of custodianship that the ethical dimension of postcolonialism can be rediscovered.

Indic literature (English) --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Postcolonialism --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Postcolonialisme --- Littérature postcoloniale --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature postcoloniale. --- Histoire et critique. --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Littérature postcoloniale.

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This book argues that the question of nation formation does not end with the finalization of independence. This work analyzes questions of aggressive and defensive nationalism, religion, language and the fate of the nation after independence. The book addresses the intersection of politics and fiction in the process of nation formation in English-Indian fiction during the twentieth century. It does this by explaining the position of a writer in the process of decolonization. The central question of this project is the construction in fiction, of political developments during the processes of nation formation in India, and how an English-Indian novelist reflects upon these issues. The conflict between colonizers and colonized in India has produced two extremes; the colonial aggressive stance and the native defensive position of fighting against colonial rule. The author has elaborated his argument on these questions in the form of aggressive nationalism and defensive nationalism. While discussing anti-colonial nationalism in India, it was relevant to my argument to address the construction of Gandhian nationalistic thought in fiction. Other significant questions raised include the issues of religion and language. Both these issues demonstrate important internal themes of a colonized society such as India. The final central question is the fate and development of a nation after independence.

Indic fiction (English) --- Nationalism in literature --- English fiction --- Nationalism and literature --- Imperialism in literature --- Colonies in literature --- Social action in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Literature and nationalism --- Literature --- English literature --- Indic literature (English) --- History and criticism --- Nationalism in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Colonies in literature. --- Social action in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Nationalisme --- Impérialisme --- Colonies --- Action sociale --- Littérature anglaise --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique --- Dans la littérature --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Impérialisme --- Littérature anglaise --- Dans la littérature --- 20e siècle

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English Heart, Hindi Heartland examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world-its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods-in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. Rashmi Sadana places internationally recognized authors such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, and Aravind Adiga in the context of debates within India about the politics of language and alongside other writers, including K. Satchidanandan, Shashi Deshpande, and Geetanjali Shree. Sadana undertakes an ethnographic study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text in order to show what language comes to stand for in people's lives. In so doing, she unmasks a social discourse rife with questions of authenticity and cultural politics of inclusion and exclusion. English Heart, Hindi Heartland illustrates how the notion of what is considered to be culturally and linguistically authentic not only obscures larger questions relating to caste, religious, and gender identities, but that the authenticity discourse itself is continually in flux. In order to mediate and extract cultural capital from India's complex linguistic hierarchies, literary practitioners strategically deploy a fluid set of cultural and political distinctions that Sadana calls "literary nationality." Sadana argues that English, and the way it is positioned among the other Indian languages, does not represent a fixed pole, but rather serves to change political and literary alliances among classes and castes, often in surprising ways.

Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Politique et littérature --- Indic literature (English) --- Publishers and publishing --- Book industries and trade --- Politics and literature --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Postcolonialism --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Book publishing --- Books --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Publishing --- american culture vs indian culture. --- comparing different cultures. --- cultural authenticity. --- delhi culture. --- easy to read. --- engaging. --- english. --- ethnographic study. --- globalization of english. --- great for reluctant readers. --- hindi. --- history of english. --- history of indian culture. --- history of indian languages. --- history. --- indian culture. --- indian linguistic hierarchies. --- learning from experts. --- leisure reads. --- literary culture. --- literary nationality. --- page turner. --- political and literary alliances. --- politics. --- urdu. --- vacation reads. --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Politique et littérature