Remapping the Indian Postcolonial Canon: Remap, Reimagine and Retranslate

By Nirmala Menon

Book Overview

1. Introduction: The Rationale for Remapping the Postcolonial Canon: Why Remap.- 2. Representing the Postcolonial Subaltern: A Comparative Reading of Three Subaltern Narratives by O.V. Vijayan, Arundhati Roy, and Mahashweta Devi.- 3. The Hullabaloo about Hybridity: Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss, Girish Karnad's Yayati and Heaps of Broken Images, and Lalithambika Antherjanam's Cast Me Out If You Will.- 4. Re-Imagining Postcolonial Translation Theory.- 5. Beyond the Indian Postcolonial.- Conclusion.- Appendix 1: Wang-Chu by Bhisham Sahni, Translated by Nirmala Menon.- Appendix 2: Wang-Chu by Bhisham Sahni in Original Hindi.- Bibliography.- Index.-

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349711357
• ISBN13: 9781349711352
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"