The Art of Questioning : Interrogations of Exceptionalist History and Cultural Mythology in the Novels of Salman Rushdie and William Faulkner

This thesis examines the ways in which Salman Rushdie and William Faulkner confront issues of exceptionalism, cultural mythology, and official history. In particular, it studies Faulkner\u27s interrogation of the southern myths such as honor, violence, and white patriarchy perpetuated by the Dunning School, as well as Rushdie\u27s questioning of nationalist memory in India and Pakistan. The aim of this study is to establish connections between writers in the Global South