GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 39

Comparative and World Literatures in English Translation · Theoretical Frameworks for Comparative Literature: Intertextuality, adaptation, interconnectedness and cosmopolitanism · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which works critically rewrite canonical English novels?

J.M.Coetzee,Foe
Jean Rhys,Wide Sargasso Sea
Bapsi Sidhwa,Ice-Candy-Man
Ben Okri,The Famished Road

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Correct answer: (A) J.M.Coetzee,Foe; (B) Jean Rhys,Wide Sargasso Sea

Explanation

Foe revisits Robinson Crusoe, questioning voice and authority; Wide Sargasso Sea reimagines the history of Jane Eyre’s Bertha/Antoinette. Thus A,B explicitly rewrite canonical precursors. The other works have major postcolonial concerns but do not have that same direct rewriting relationship in this question.

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