“Decentering Rushdie: Cosmopolitanism and the Indian Novel in English” by Stasi is a article that discusses the role that decolonization plays in Rushdie’s writing. The article discusses how Rushdie’s writings tend to be the prime example of the Indian culture and world. However, this article discusses how there are more than likely other examples of literature that may better represent the wide variety of Indian literature in English. In the article, it states,
“Rushdie’s work is legible because it shares so many reference-points with his Western cosmopolitan audience, while simultaneously supplying a healthy amount of non-specific Indian ‘difference’ to draw us in.”
This excerpt implies that Rushdie’s work caters to a Western audience. The article discusses how Rushdie’s writings may be the most popular representative of Indian literature, his writings do not cover all aspects of Indian culture. Instead, Rushdie’s writings give life to the Western palatable aspects of that culture. This journal article is a critical review of Rushdie. I chose it to represent the other side, the critical side of the reviews of Rushdie. Western reviewers typically claim and applause Rushdie for his excellent portrayal of the West. However, this article counters that and offers us a more well-rounded view of how Rushdie truly represents the culture as a whole.
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