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A nemzet allegóriái Az éjfél gyermekeiben
Allegories of the nation in Midnight’s Children

Author(s): Ágnes Györke
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Jelenkor Alapítvány
Keywords: Paul De Man; allegory; symbol; Rushdie; Midnight's Children; India

Summary/Abstract: The study discusses Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. The analysis focuses on the notions of allegory and symbol (determined by Paul De Man): “the subject’s discourse on the nation is rather allegorical, while nation as a power discourse considers the subject as a symbol”.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 956-965
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian