An exploration of Rushdie's narrative strategy in Shame and Midnight's Children, its usage to create a social commentary on the political situation of India and Pakistan, and placing Rushdie's literature in the context of post-colonialism

This BA paper discusses how Salman Rushdie makes use of the narrative strategy of magical realism in his novels Midnight's Children and Shame, to create a picture of and a commentary upon the culture and politics of India and Pakistan in the 20th century, taking into consideration the use of multiple perspectives - individual, universal, historical. Rushdie's literature and narrative strategy are also discussed in light of how they are deployed to illuminate post-colonialism and its associated dilemmas