Lesson 10

Homework:

- Rushdie, Salman. "Introduction". Midnight's Children.

Material:

Rushdie, Salman. "Introduction". Midnight's Children.

Lesson Outline:

- Recap on the five central concept: discourse, hegemony, "Other", hybridity and difference.
- Group work
- Evt.


Group work:
- Decide on five points which you as a group find to be the most interesting in Rushdie's "Introduction" to his novel, and discuss what is interesting about them.
- Rushdie is characterized as a magic realist. Search the internet to define the genre "magic realism" and write down its characteristics.
- Read a summary of Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" on the internet and discuss why you think the novel can be seen as an example of magic realism. Substantiate your answer with examples.