Rushdie, Salman. Haroun and Sea of Stories
Many of Rushdie's novels are about concepts of fantasy that are mixed bewteen Eastern and Western cultural traditions. However, the mixing of these cultures does not mean that there is a contrast between the two. Moreover, they complement each other, which ignites the imagination. The intertexual elements, from Haroun and the Sea of Stories, refer to texts that are about other childrens texts, such as Alice in Wonderland. An example of this can be found when looking at the dream aspect of the novel. In the novel, Alice in Wonderland, Alice awakes at the end of the book to find that it was all a dream. In comparison, Haroun also awakes only to discover that his entire adventure had taken place whilst he was sleeping.
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Great work, Darryl. I never actually thought of the Alice connection that you bring up at the end of your post. Paul
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