This paper is published in Volume 2, Issue 8, 2017
Area
Author
Mrs. Bhavana
Co-authors
Dr. K. Shibila
Org/Univ
PRIST University, Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
16 August, 2017
Paper ID
V2I8-1151
Publisher
Keywords
Show Business, Post Mordernism

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Mrs. Bhavana, Dr. K. Shibila. Post Modernism in Shashi Tharoor’s Show Business, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARnD.com.

APA
Mrs. Bhavana, Dr. K. Shibila (2017). Post Modernism in Shashi Tharoor’s Show Business. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 2(8) www.IJARnD.com.

MLA
Mrs. Bhavana, Dr. K. Shibila. "Post Modernism in Shashi Tharoor’s Show Business." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 2.8 (2017). www.IJARnD.com.

Abstract

Post modernism is a general term which is applied to literature, art, philosophy, architecture, fiction, culture and literary criticism. The present modernism is characterized by the ascendency of science and explaining the world. It is often associated with identity, authority, certainty, difference, separation, textually and scepticism. Shashi Tharoor has successfully brought post modernism features in all his novels. Show Business is about the story of a Bollywood superstar’s life and experience of the Indian film industry and the Indian parliament. Author’s extended use of satire in the story has helped to bring out the funny, clever and political realities. Ashok discovers popularity and fame in Bollywood does not automatically translate into success in politics. Ashok is partly responsible in money- laundering scandal associated with his Swiss bank account. While shooting for a movie, Ashok is badly injured. In vain, he never recovers. Show Business is not only a clever treatise on the distracting entertainments produced by the Hindi film industry. It is used as a postmodern code by the author and the contemporary popular myths created by it. It is a profound study of the lives of those who constitute this glamorous section of the society. The author exemplifies the leaders who never hesitate to betray their own country. This novel interrogates the rectitude of the politicians of free India.
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