Advisor | Taylor, Richard C., 1956- | en_US |
Author | Sinor, Katie | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2014-06-15T15:29:51Z | |
Date Available | 2014-06-15T15:29:51Z | |
Date of Issue | 2014 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4395 | |
Description | 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. | en_US |
Extent | 63 p. | en_US |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | en_US |
Language | | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Subject | Literature | en_US |
Subject | Middle Eastern literature | en_US |
Subject | Displacement | en_US |
Subject | Incest | en_US |
Subject | Ground beneath her feet, The | en_US |
Subject | Fury (Rushdie) | en_US |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Rushdie, Salman. Ground beneath her feet | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Rushdie, Salman. Fury | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Incest in literature | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Indic literature | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Postcolonialism--India | |
Title | Finding Displacement through Incest in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury | en_US |
Type | Master's Thesis | en_US |
Department | English | en_US |
Degree | M.A. | en_US |