To Mean a Multitude of Somethings
To Mean a Multitude of Somethings
Author(s): Isabela MerilăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: identity; otherness; Rushdie; intertextuality
Summary/Abstract: Starting from Z. D. Gurevitch’s perspective on otherness as appearing under the most familiar circumstances and as being essential to dialogue, we consider the case of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and the stress on a multitude of perspectives as a complex interplay of positive and negative consequences on the representation of the self and other .
Journal: Comunicare Interculturală și Literatură
- Issue Year: 11/2010
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 115-124
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English