Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

1. Reading Resources
2. Video Resources
3. Online Test - Check your understanding
4. Presentations
   
   
   
   

1. Reading resources

• eText - Original Novel

• Introduction: About the Author- Salman Rushdie and 'Midnight's Children'

• 'English' in Midnight's Children

• Themes in Midnight's Children

  • History and the Individual

  • Colonialism and neo-colonialism in India

  • Fragmentation, Migrancy and Memory

• Technique in Midnight's Children

• Characterization in Midnight's Children

• Midnight's Children as Literary Event

  • Postcolonial Novel

  • Postmodern Novel

  • Historical Fiction

• Hybridity and Postcoloniality: Formal, Social, and Historical Innovations in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children (Research Chapter)

2. Video Resources

• Characters in Midnight's Children
• Narrative Technique in Midnight's Children
• Reading Symbols
• Mr Rushdie and Mrs. Gandhi
• Postcolonial Reading - Nation & Hybridity in Midnight's Children

3. Check your understanding - appear in an online test

4. Presentations:

(i) Narrative Technique in 'Midnight's Children'

(ii) Postcolonialism in 'Midnight's Children'

(iii) Symbols in 'Midnight's Children'

(iv) Mr. Rushdie and Mrs. Gandhi

Narrative Technique in Midnight's Children from Dilip Barad

Postcolonialism and Midnight's Children from Dilip Barad

Symbols in Midnight's Children from Dilip Barad

Mr. Rushdie and Mrs. Gandhi - Midnight's Children from Dilip Barad

Postcolonial Studies: An Introduction

Postcolonial Studies and Criticism - An Introduction

1. Watch video resources

2. Read study material

3. Future of Postcolonial Studies

4. Check your progress - appear in 4 Online Test linked at the bottom of this blog

1. Watch Video Resources

1. Postcolonial Studies - Introduction 1
2. Postcolonial Studies - Introduction 2
3. Postcolonial Criticism - 1
4. Postcolonial Criticism - 2
5. Postcolonial Criticism - 3
6. Era of Darkness - Shashi Tharoor
7. Dangers of One Story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
8. Discussion on Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan
9. Discussion on Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti
10. Nation and Hybridity: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children

2. Reading Resources

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3. Future of Postcolonial Studies

(i) Globalization and Postcolonial Studies

    (a) Simplified version of the above article

    (b) Globalization and Fiction - Article with examples

(ii) Climate Change and Postcolonial Studies

    (a) Postcolonial Studies in the Anthropocene: Bridging Perspectives for a Sustainable Future

4. Online Tests

(i) Edward Said's Orientalism - Basic Introduction - 16 Questions - 24 Marks

(ii) Key Concepts: Postcolonial Studies - 23 Questions - 30 Marks

(iii) Introduction to Postcolonialism: Click here to appear in an online test to check your understanding of this topic - 16 Questions - 50 Marks

(iv) Future of Postcolonialism: Click here to appear in an online test to check your understanding of this topic - 27 Questions - 75 Marks