Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie- By G. Vaidyanathan

Description

Midnight’S Children – Salmaan Rushdie , By – G. Vaidyanathan, ISBN Code – 978-93-86241-95-5

CONTENTS:

Chapters

1. A Glimpse of the Growth and Development of Indo-Anglian Novel up to Salman Rushdie
2. Salman Rushdie and the Post-Modernistic & the Post-Colonial Trends
3. Salman Rushdie and His Works
4. Introduction to Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
5. An Outline Summary of Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
6. Who’s who in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children?
7. The Structure of Midnight’s Children: Its Many Facets
8. The Plot Construction of Midnight’s Children
9. Rushdie’s Art of Characterization in Midnight’s Children
10. Narrative Technique in Midnight is Children
11. Language and Style of Midnight’s Children
12. Themes, Motifs and Symbols in Midnight’s Children
13. A Critical Appreciation of Midnight’s Children

A Detailed Book-wise Summary of Rushdie’s

Midnight’s Children with Critical Comments

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Character Sketches in Midnight’s Children

1. Saleem Sinai
2. Padma
3. Shiva
4. The Widow (Indira Gandhi)
5. The Brass Monkey (Jamila Singer)
6. Aadam Aziz
7. Naseem Aziz

Questions and Answers

Q1. Trace the character and role of Saleem Sinai in Rushdie’s Midnight‘s Children.

Q2. Critically examine Rushdie’s treatment of religion and history in Midnight’s Children.

Q3. Examine the religious uncertainty in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q4. Examine the idea of nationalism explored in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q5. Examine the role of the Past in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q6. Examine the social concerns addressed by Rushdie in Midnight’s Children.

Q7. Trace the influence of Bollywood Film Industry on Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q8. Examine the epic dimension of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q9. Examine the polarities in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q10. Consider Rushdie’s Midnight‘s Children as an allegory.

Q11. Consider Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children as a fantasy.

Q12. Consider Rushdie’s Midnight‘s Children as a political novel.

Q13. Consider Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children as History.

Q14. Bring out the significance of the title to Salman Rushdie’s novel, Midnight’s Children.

Q15. Examine the Technical Virtuosity of Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Q16. What are the major themes of Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children?

Q17. Examine the symbolism in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. .

Q18. Examine Rushdie’s treatment of Time in Midnight’s Children.

Q19. Examine Rushdie’s treatment of women in Midnight’s Children.

Q20. Examine Rushdie’s treatment of love in Midnight’s Children.

Q21. Write an essay on Rushdie’s narrative technique in Midnight’s Children.

Q22. Attempt a critical essay on Rushdie’s language and style in Midnight’s Children.

Q23. Consider Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children as a postmodern novel

Textual Questions and Answers

Select Gleanings from Critics on Rushdie and

Midnight’s Children

Bibliography