Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
2001-9/11 collapse of Twin Towers of World Trade Center in NY
Collapse of WTC.Symbolic collapse of capitalism. Subsequent 'war of terror','resurrection of
history'.Shift of ideological and symbolic hostility of the West-new enemy: not Marxism but
Islam.Effects on British Society:
· Consensus politics-Tony Blair 1997
· First labour PM in 20 y.
Responses of different ethnic groups
· Monica Ali. Brick Lane (2003)
· Nadeem Aslam, Kamila Shamsie- i became a moslem on 9/11
Literature of second- and third-generation immigrants from former colonies.
22. Nadeem Aslam's politics, language and characters. Cultural hybridity as predicament
and site for dialogue and development.
Language-English setting, 21st c reality: racist attacks.
Politics.Between English and Islamic culture
Characters: defy conventions
· Jugnu and Chanda: run away from conservative families-cling to orthodox form of Islam