Finding displacement through incest in Salman Rushdie's The ground beneath her feet and Fury / by Katie Sinor.
| Author/creator | Sinor, Katie author. |
| Other author | Taylor, Richard C., 1956- , degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of English. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Publication | [Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2014. |
| Description | 63 pages |
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| Summary | Incest is a widespread theme in literature that continues to grow in frequency (Barnes 3). It is rarely addressed amongst scholars due to being a taboo topic, but in this thesis I aim to address it and analyze it thoroughly in two novels. Though at times subtle, it is a reoccurring theme in Indian literature, and more specifically, in works by Salman Rushdie. I argue that Rushdie intentionally includes instances of incest in his works to illustrate displacement felt by postcolonial India. This thesis analyzes two of his texts, The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury, and identifies the instances of this particular taboo. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of English. |
| General note | Advisor: Richard Taylor. |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 20, 2014). |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 2014. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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