Salman Rushdie's "Joseph Anton": Words of Wounded Self

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, language: English, abstract: As a memoirist Salman Rushdie expressed about his moralizer or demoralizer; supporter or condemner. He speaks and writes about all who played important role in making Ahamad Salman Rushdie a ¿Satan Rushdie¿. He exposed realities of reactions against him, seen and heard, ¿Hang Satan Rushdy¿. His opponents thought and sought him a rebel, condemned him by calling a recalcitrant. Salman Rushdie made us realize that he never liked when he was called ¿Joe¿, a pseudonym used by well-wishers and officials during fatwa -years. But, in all circumstances he maintained his literary and art taste which finally result a coinage of his name, ¿Joseph Anton.¿

In this research paper, we shall find Rushdian revaluation of the self, sex, and the power of an author.