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9788170336051

Originality and Imitation Indianness in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya

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  • ISBN13:

    9788170336051

  • ISBN10:

    8170336058

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Rawat Publications
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Summary

"This critical study of the work of Kamala Markandaya is a comprehensive assessment of her entire canonan output that spans ten novels produced over a period of three decades. With emphasis upon the presence or absence of the quality of Indianness in her fiction, this analysis examines those aspects of her writing that reflect dependence upon western genres and styles of literary creativity as well as those that reveal indigenously Indian sources of inspiration. In particular, this critique dissects the influence of her upbringing and early experiences in India together with those gleaned following her emigration to England. Drawing liberally upon Markandayas own comments on her life and work gathered from personal conversations with the novelist, this book explores every facet of Markandayas creativityfrom theme and character to language and setting. Using a form of close textual analysis, the author discovers that where Markandaya utilizes her imagination to flesh out her novel

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