Strategies of Colour, Mysticism of Form in Anita Desai’s In Custody
The line of argument of this essay owes much to Anita Desai’s criticism of the colours used in the film adaptation of her novel and her likening of her own approach to the school of New Realism. The essay tries to show how the ethical and aesthetic perspectives are inseparable by studying the way re...
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| Vydáno v: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Médium: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | The line of argument of this essay owes much to Anita Desai’s criticism of the colours used in the film adaptation of her novel and her likening of her own approach to the school of New Realism. The essay tries to show how the ethical and aesthetic perspectives are inseparable by studying the way references to colour serve to generate meaning in this dark postcolonial novel. A discussion of the ending and another crucial scene in black and white purports to show that Desai remains somewhat ambivalent towards realism however, being also strongly attracted to a more formalist definition of art. |
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