Language, Style and Variation in Contemporary Indian English Literary Texts

This book innovatively combines linguistic and stylistic methods to approach and study the new forms of Indian English fiction, offering stimulating ideas and suggestions. The book will appeal to scholars and students working in fields such as postcolonial literature, narratology, English language and linguistics, in particular those interested in stylistics, postcolonial discourse and literary studies. The book responds to a lack of scholarship for the linguistic analysis of literary works in Indian English by proposing the interdisciplinary methods of postcolonial stylistics, adopting and adapting critical frameworks from literary linguistics to narratology and cultural studies. This volume deals with English-language authors and novels from the contemporary Indian cultural context, which today is recognised as one of the most dynamic and attractive literary scenarios. The book falls into the category of high-level research study monograph, and is organised into a series of specific case studies to treat complex cultural issues in a linear and pleasant way through the lens of postcolonial stylistics.