Postmodern Traces and Recent Hindi Novels

· Vernon Press
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264
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About this ebook

Postmodernism is a notoriously elusive concept and still the object of critical debates among scholars across a range of different disciplines. In literature, in particular, these debates are complicated by “postmodern” styles emanating from outside the concept’s Western origins. By analyzing contemporary Hindi novels, and drawing on both Western and Hindi literary criticism, "Postmodern Traces and Recent Hindi Novels" aims to understand some of the manifestations of postmodernism in contemporary Hindi fiction, including ways the latter might challenge the traditional parameters of postmodern literature.

This book is essential reading for scholars and students specializing in South Asian studies and both postcolonial and comparative literature. It will also interest the general reader curious to know more about one of the less explored areas of world literature.

About the author

Veronica Ghirardi is a research fellow at the University of Turin. She completed her PhD cum laude in Humanities (curriculum Indology) in 2018, at the University of Turin, with a dissertation entitled "Postmodern Traces and Recent Hindi Novels". Her research interests lie in contemporary Hindi prose and its relation to European literatures. She has presented her findings at international conferences and in journals such as Annali di Ca’ Foscari (Serie orientale) and Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies.

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