The Use of Structural Devices in Rushdie’s Shame
Keywords:
Fictionalization of History, Fantasy, Magic Realism, Irony, Mock-HeroicAbstract
The novel Shame discusses various kinds of history, the main being political one of Pakistan from 1947 to 1983.But it is not a record of history per se but it fictionalizes history. For this purpose, the writer uses different structural devices such as fictionalization of history, fantasy, magic realism, irony, mock-heroic style etc. The paper gives ample examples of these devices in a succinct way.
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