살만 루시디 소설에 나타난 공간적 권력관계의 변형과 재구성

The Transformation and Restructuring of Spatial Power Relations in Salman Rushdie’s Novels-Bombay and Sundarbans

Salman Rushdie’s novels illustrate how spatial power relations can be transformed and restructured in a postcolonial context. This paper examines the ways in which hierarchy of space and dynamics of hegemonic domination can be countered and even reversed by analyzing Rushdie’s major novels. In particular, it focuses on the city of Bombay and the primitive jungle of Sundarbans as they represent the changing nature of postcolonial space and raise the possibility of transforming power relations. His characters’ experiences in the city and the jungle show how the effects of colonial history and today’s far-right Hindu politics can be subverted to help form a new identity. This paper also pays keen attention to the possible inversion of spatial power relations through the image of palimpsest, which allows for the space of endless re-writing and re-painting.