Silent Conversations in Rudyard Kipling’s <i>Kim</i> and Ruskin Bond’s Rusty novels

Authors

  • Debasree Ghosh Victoria University of Wellington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol58no2.11

Keywords:

Postcolonial criticism, South Asian, Anglo-Indian, colonial fiction

Abstract

The essay undertakes an analysis of the connections and conversations between Rudyard Kipling’s Kim and Ruskin Bond’s Rusty novels, which are largely autobiographical. It considers India’s journey into the postcolonial age and its impact on the Anglo-Indian lineage which both writers share, while it traces the implicit dialogue between the writers and their protagonists which underpin Bond’s novels. It undertakes a close reading of the texts to examine the evolution of English literature in India and it seeks to interrogate the divided identities of the author and protagonists.

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Published

15-12-2021

How to Cite

Ghosh, D. (2021). Silent Conversations in Rudyard Kipling’s <i>Kim</i> and Ruskin Bond’s Rusty novels . SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English, 58(2), 151–170. https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol58no2.11

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2021): SOUTHEAST ASIAN REVIEW OF ENGLISH (2021)

Section

GENERAL SECTION

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