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1. 1. Texts and Paratexts in a Colonial Context. Krupabai Satthianadhan's English Novels 'Saguna' and 'Kamala'

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Karin Edgardh; [2020-01-15]
   Keywords : India; Krupabai Satthianadhan; Saguna; Kamala; Gérard Genette; Autobiography; Conversion; Colonial literature;

   Abstract : The anglophone Indian author Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) was a second-generation Christian convert and a member of the Christian Tamil family in colonial Madras. Knowledge of English was still a high-caste male privilege when Satthianadhan published reformist articles on female education. Her two novels, the autobiographical Saguna. READ MORE

3. 2. DÉSORDRES À PONDICHÉRY. A Paratextual Study of a Novel on a French Trading Post in India in the Late 1930s

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Karin Edgardh; [2015-10-05]
   Keywords : Pondichéry; Colonial Literature; Gérard Genette; George Delamare; Claude Farrère; Comparative Literature;

   Abstract : The novel Désordres à Pondichéry by Georges Delamare (1897-1988) was published in Paris in 1938, dealing with the current situation in the French trading post Pondichéry. A preface by right-wing author Claude Farrère (1876-1957) expressed fear of Communism or anarchy in the city. READ MORE