Saleem's historical discourse in 'Midnight's Children'
It has been the aim of this paper to analyze Midnight's Children with regard to the evolution undergone by history writing, and specially with the position it actually holds. This has been done with a view to discovering that much of postmodernist fiction, among which we must include Rushdie's novel...
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| description | It has been the aim of this paper to analyze Midnight's Children with regard to the evolution undergone by history writing, and specially with the position it actually holds. This has been done with a view to discovering that much of postmodernist fiction, among which we must include Rushdie's novel, is dealing with similar issues to those which have become the subject of the New Historicism. The first half of the paper deals with the narrator's ambivalent position: his oscillation between internal and external narrator serves to underline the uncertainty and relativity of the task he has undertaken. By underlining the discursive nature of history, and by consciously choosing an impossible task--the struggle towards objectivity and reliability--Saleem manages further to blur the frontier that differentiates fiction from history. The second half deals with Saleem's position both as a character and narrator. Saleem's fascination with the unknown allows him to write from new angles, and therefore to offer different perspectives, and points of view. this concern with history (writing) must be understood as an attempt to suggest multiplicity, heterogeneity, and plurality. This task is carried out by continually stressing Saleem's position as a self-conscious writer, and by commenting on the linguistic nature of his discourse. |
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| spelling | dialnet-ART00000045842026-10-14Saleem's historical discourse in 'Midnight's Children'de Juan Hatchard, LuisIt has been the aim of this paper to analyze Midnight's Children with regard to the evolution undergone by history writing, and specially with the position it actually holds. This has been done with a view to discovering that much of postmodernist fiction, among which we must include Rushdie's novel, is dealing with similar issues to those which have become the subject of the New Historicism. The first half of the paper deals with the narrator's ambivalent position: his oscillation between internal and external narrator serves to underline the uncertainty and relativity of the task he has undertaken. By underlining the discursive nature of history, and by consciously choosing an impossible task--the struggle towards objectivity and reliability--Saleem manages further to blur the frontier that differentiates fiction from history. The second half deals with Saleem's position both as a character and narrator. Saleem's fascination with the unknown allows him to write from new angles, and therefore to offer different perspectives, and points of view. this concern with history (writing) must be understood as an attempt to suggest multiplicity, heterogeneity, and plurality. This task is carried out by continually stressing Saleem's position as a self-conscious writer, and by commenting on the linguistic nature of his discourse.Universidad de Zaragoza: Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana1994text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=193724(Revista) ISSN 1137-6368(Revista) ISSN 2386-4834Miscelánea: A journal of english and american studies, ISSN 2386-4834, Nº 15, 1994, pags. 331-346spaLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI |
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