Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children: A Bildungsroman Novel

Authors

  • Catherine Anna Pushpam Assistant Professor in English, B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, Tamilnadu

Keywords:

Salman Rushdie, Bildungsroman, History of India.

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to bring out the bildungsroman aspect of the novel by establishing the relationship between the life of Saleem Sinai, the protagonist of the novel, and the fate of India during his lifetime. The novel is strewn with instances highlighting bildungsroman, not only restricting itself to Saleem Sinai but also proceeding to dominate the lives of Aadam Aziz, Saleem Sinai’s grandfather, and Aadam Sinai, Saleem Sinai’s son. Their lives are intertwined with the history of India – both pre-and post-independent periods. This paper also tries to bring out the effectiveness of the bildungsroman by pointing out the events in the history of India.

References

Rushdie, Salman. Midnight’s Children. UK: Vintage, 1995.

Shepherd, Ron. The Novels of Salman Rushdie. Eds. GR.Taneja and R.K.Dhawan. New Delhi: ISCS. 1992. 27 – 38.

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Published

01.04.2011

How to Cite

Catherine Anna Pushpam. (2011). Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: A Bildungsroman Novel. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 2(4), 26–31. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL020407

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2011): April

Section

Research Articles

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