Open AccessHeterotopian City. Khushwant Singh and his Delhi: A Novel
Author(s) -
Halina Marlewicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
politeja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6737
pISSN - 1733-6716
DOI - 10.12797/politeja.13.2016.40.11
Subject(s) - new delhi , focus (optics) , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , section (typography) , sociology , space (punctuation) , aesthetics , history , media studies , art , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , archaeology , artificial intelligence , physics , metropolitan area , optics , operating system
The essay is an attempt to analyse Khushwant Singh’s Delhi: A Novel as a literary work in which topography and existence, life and literature entwine. The essay is divided into three parts, each part has a particular focus. The part entitled Indeterminate Zone concentrates on the paratext in an attempt to see how it channels reader’s anticipation with regard to the content of the book. In the second part: Zone of the City: the image of Delhi in its chosen (re)constructions within the novel is examined. Here, particular attention is paid to the reconstruction of space and time within the novel. The last section of the paper, Zone of the Body speaks of the body and the symbolic roles it plays within the novel.