Thesiss

This study examines the function of generic hybridity and intertextuality in the Spanish picaresque novel and the picaresque's Arabic counterpart, the maqama. Generic hybridity as a feature of the Spanish picaresque is analyzed in the proto-picaresque Lozana andaluza, the Guzman…

In this project, I explore the pícara's representation as both prostitute and woman of hybrid origins. I argue that the pícara's representation as a racialized prostitute is designed to generate a distorted mirror image of those aspects of society that do not fit within the idea…

This study deals with Zulfikar Ghose's—an expatriate English language writer of Pakistani origin living in the USA—novels. In this study, I focus on, among other things, the writer's negotiation with style and socio-politically provocative subject matter. I study Ghose's novels …