Arundhati Roy (1961- )

A selective list of literary criticism for the Indian woman novelist Arundhati Roy, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Web Pages


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Literary criticism

Whittaker, Peter. What's the point of fiction in a world full of trouble? - international conference of writers. New Internationalist, Oct, 2001

An interview with Arundhati Roy in Salon.com, by Reena Jana, Sept. 1997

"Gandhi Lite." A book review of The Cost of Living, by Arundhati Roy (Modern Library), in National Review, Feb 7, 2000, by Kanchan Limaye

An interview with Arundhati Roy in The Progressive, by David Barsamian

"Arundhati Roy on Empire and the Corporate Media," an interview on ZNet, by Amy Goodman, May 2003

Web page on "Caste and The God of Small Things," from the postcolonial web project at Emory Univ.

A web page on "Divorce and The God of Small Things," from the postcolonial web project at Emory Univ.

A study guide for The God of Small Things, prepared by Dr. Paul Brians, Department of English, Washington State University

An overview of Arundhati Roy from the World Literatures in English Web Site maintained by Fu Jen University, Taiwan

An overview of South Asian literature, background material on The God of Small Things, and discussion questions on the novel, from the South Dakota Humanities Council Reading Guides (taken offline)

An Arundhati Roy website with links to full texts of her writings

A web page on The God of Small Things part of Professor George Landow's Postcolonial Literature and Cultural Web (taken offline)


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