Stvaralaštvo Arundhati Roy u kontekstu indijske postkolonijalne književnosti

master's thesis

• Title (english): Literary work of Arundhati Roy in the context of Indian postcolonial literature
• Author: Paula Ćaćić
• Mentor: Krešimir Krnic (mentor)
• Committee member: Ivan Andrijanić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Katarina Katavić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Indology and Far East studies); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Indology

Abstract

Ovaj rad se bavi književnim stvaralaštvom Arundhati Roy u kontekstu indijske postkolonijalne književnosti. U uvodnom poglavlju bit će ukratko predstavljena povijest Indije pod britanskom vladavinom te važniji događaji koji su prethodili konačnom proglašenju nezavisnosti Indije te podjeli Indijskog potkontinenta na Indiju i Pakistan. U izlaganju teorijskog okvira fokus će se usmjeriti i na pojmove kao što su „postkolonijalizam“ i „postkolonijalna književnost“. Sljedeće poglavlje posvećeno je indijskom romanu na engleskom jeziku, a slijedit će ga kratki osvrt na indijsku postkolonijalnu književnost i njezine značajke. Glavni dio rada činit će poglavlje posvećeno autorici i aktivistici Arundhati Roy, koje će biti podijeljeno u daljnja poglavlja koja analiziraju njezina dva romana, Bog malih stvari (The God of Small Things) i Ministarstvo potpune sreće (The Ministry of Utmost Happiness) objavljenih u razmaku od dvadeset godina. Radu će kao dodatak biti priložen popis djela poznatijih indijskih postkolonijalnih spisatelja koji se mogu pronaći u prijevodu na hrvatski jezik.

Abstract (english)

This thesis deals with the literary work of Arundhati Roy in the context of Indian postcolonial literature. The introductory chapter will briefly present the history of India under British rule, as well as the key events that preceded the final declaration of independence of India and the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan. In laying out a theoretical framework, it will also focus on terms such as ‘postcolonialism’ and ‘postcolonial literature.’ The next chapter will explore Indian novels written in English and will be followed by a short review of Indian postcolonial literature and its characteristics. The central part of the paper will contain a chapter dedicated to the author and activist Arundhati Roy, and will be divided into further chapters analysing her two novels, The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, published twenty years apart. Finally, the paper will be accompanied by a list of literary works by better-known Indian postcolonial authors that have been translated into Croatian.

• Keywords: postkolonijalizam; postkolonijalna književnost; Indija; roman; Arundhati Roy
• Keywords (english): postcolonialism; postcolonial literature; India; novel; Arundhati Roy
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:920837
• Study programme: Title: Indian Language and Literature (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra indologije (magistar/magistra indologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-09-29 17:56:49