Salman Rushdie's Myth of Identity

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dc.contributor.advisorCohen, Robin
dc.contributor.authorGoodson, Gary Dean
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCohen, Paul
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRosenberg, Teya
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T16:51:08Z
dc.date.available2020-05-19T16:51:08Z
dc.date.issued2007-05
dc.description.abstractSalman Rushdie writes extensively about identity in both his nonfiction and fiction writings. Identity presented in these writings is a construct, a hybrid of a myriad of influences including history, culture and family. Three of his novels, Midnight’s Children. The Satanic Verses and Shalimar the Clown, help illustrate Rushdie’s use of identity. In Midnight’s Children. Saleem uses history and family to present his identity, a construct prone to errors and exaggerations. In The Satanic Verses. Rushdie explores the migrant identity, a heterogeneous identity, which indelibly changes as it crosses frontiers. In Shalimar the Clown. Rushdie explores identity politics in the Kashmir region and examines the frontier as a place of ambiguity and hybridity. Identity in these three novels will be shown to be non-static, not pure, and not innate.
dc.description.departmentEnglish
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent79 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationGoodson, G. D. (2007). Salman Rushdie's myth of identity (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9980
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectidentity
dc.subjectphilosophy
dc.subjectliterature
dc.subjectRushdie, Salman
dc.titleSalman Rushdie's Myth of Identity
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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