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Book SynopsisThrough a comparison with theatrical performance the argument develops that in both theatre and fiction the concepts of performance and performativity transform classical Indian mythic poetics. In the mythic symbiosis of performance and storytelling in Indian tradition, myth becomes a liberating space of consciousness, where rigid categories and boundaries are transcended.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Metamorphoses of the Self on the Border between ‘East’ and ‘West’ Chapter ONE. Writing in English: A Performative Act in Contemporary Indian Fiction Chapter TWO. Changes and Challenges in the Novel Form: From Myth to Performance to Nomadic Textuality Chapter THREE. Intercultural Epic in Performance: Peter Brook and Girish Karnad Chapter FOUR. Reperformed Traditions: Indian Theatre and Its Contemporary Avatars Chapter FIVE. Repositioning Scheherazade: From Storytelling to Performance in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children Chapter SIX. Storying the Fatwa: From The Satanic Verses to Haroun and the Sea of Stories Chapter SEVEN. Migrant Identity Performance Politics in Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses Chapter EIGHT. Writing the Unspoken: Exclusion and Arundhati Roy’s Écriture Féminine in The God of Small Things Chapter NINE. Performances of Marginality in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things Chapter TEN. Postmodern Scheherazades between Storytelling and the Novel Form: Vikram Chandra’s Red Earth and Pouring Rain Chapter ELEVEN. Performance, Performativity and Nomadism in Vikram Chandra’s Red Earth and Pouring Rain Conclusion Bibliography Index
