Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie

• Celebrating Multiculturalism

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Biographical Overview

• Born in 1947 in Bombay, India
• Family moved to Pakistan
• Settled in England in 1967 received M.A. from
  King's College, Cambridge

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Biographical Overview

• 1981published Midnights Children, winner of
  Booker McConnell Prize for Fiction
• 1988published The Satanic Verses
• 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a
  fatwa ordering Rushdies assassination, forcing
  him into hiding

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Biographical Overview

• 1990Rushdie declared his support of Islam
• Rushdie remained in hiding for 9 years but
  continued to publish
• 1998new Iranian government no longer supported
  the fatwa

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Central Artistic Concepts

• Postmodern parody and satire
• Celebration of cultural change, multiplicity, and
  diversity

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Central Artistic Concepts

• Magic Realism
• Influence of Indian Cinema Bollywood

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The Prophets Hair p. 2843

• Fable about clash of Eastern and Western cultures
  and results of denying ones native traditions
• Sacred vialthe continuing power of native
  cultural traditions
• Advocates accepting ones cultural past and
  integrating it with new worlds to create a
  balance of cultural influences