Re-Shaping Culture and Identity in Postcolonial Fiction: Salman Rushdie and Abdulrazak Gurnah
Re-Shaping Culture and Identity in Postcolonial Fiction: Salman Rushdie and Abdulrazak Gurnah

Author(s): Sennur Bakirtas
Subject(s): Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Salman Rushdie; Abdulrazak Gurnah; Literature; Identity;
Summary/Abstract: One of the most fascinating, rapidly developing, and difficult areas of literary and cultural studies today is postcolonialism. Focused on postcolonialism and designed especially for those studying postcolonial studies, Re-Shaping Culture and Identity in postcolonial Fiction: Salman Rushdie and Abdulrazak Gurnah introduces key subject areas of concern such as culture and identity in a clear accessible and organised fashion. It provides an overview of the development of postcolonialism as a discipline and takes a close look at its important authors, Salman Rushdie and Abdulrazak Gurnah, and their selected oeuvres, Fury, Midnight’s Children, By the Sea and Memory of Departure. With a palimpsestic analysis of culture and identity as crucial features of postcolonial texts, Re-Shaping Culture and Identity in postcolonial Fiction: Salman Rushdie and Abdulrazak Gurnah argues how postcolonialism functions in allowing the formation of a new perspective on the contemporary world. Besides, it offers an alternative perspective on their works, one that promotes the importance of the issue of postcolonial agency. This book will prove invaluable to anyone studying English Language and Literature, Migration Studies, and Cultural Studies.

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