A Fight against realism

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: A, , course: English Literature, language: English, abstract: Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born British essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. He grew up in Bombay (now Mumbai) attended Rugby School, Warwickshire, then King's College, Cambridge in England. Following an advertising career with Ayer Barker, he became a full-time writer. His narrative style, blending myth and fantasy with real life, has been described as connected with magic realism. His writing career began with Grimus, a fantastic tale, part-science fiction. His next novel, Midnight's Children, however, catapulted him to literary fame and is often considered his best work to date. It also significantly shaped the course Indian writing in English was to follow over the next decade. This work later awarded the 'Booker of Bookers' prize in 1993 after being selected as the best novel to be awarded the Booker Prize in its 25 years. Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by Salman Rushdie. It centers on the author's native India and was acclaimed as a major milestone in Indian writing. Midnight's Children is an allegory for the events in India after independence in 1947. The protagonist and narrator of the story is Saleem Sinai, a telepath with a nasal defect, who is born at the exact time that India became independent. Saleem Sinai's life then parallels the changing fortunes of the country after independence. The novel is also an expression of the author's own childhood, his affection for the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) of those times, and the tumultuous variety of the Indian Subcontinent.

Dr. Nancy Prasanna Joseph was born to Mr. M.JohnDavid, who retired from Chennai Telephones, and Mrs. Vimala David, a school teacher. Born and brought up in India, her academic accolades include B.A., M.A., PGDECE., M.Phil., & PhD in English Literature. Besides being a wife, and a mother of a 15-year-old boy, she has been an educational researcher, mentor, freelance writer, and a Professor at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. A talented and spurring Professor with 16 years of experience, she is driven to inspire students to pursue academic and personal excellence. Dr. Nancy is a Member of the International Association of Research and Developed Organization. She was invited as a resource person to conduct faculty development program organized by the School of Legal Studies, REVA University, and invited as a Keynote speaker and Session chair for international conferences in many colleges. Dr. Nancy has received the Active Young Researcher Award for her significant contribution in research in the year 2019 by AR research publication and a recipient of Best Academician Award by Elsevier SSRN Research Awards 2021. Being a vibrant and an ardent motivator, she has presented several research papers for two national and fifteen international conferences and published seventeen research articles in various international journals, including UGC approved, UGC CARE listed and has authored chapters for six different books in reputed national and international publishing houses also edited a book for red'shine publication.