The Perforated Sheet
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"The Perforated Sheet" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that serves as the celebrated opening chapter of his novel "Midnight’s Children," introducing its magical realist style and central themes.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opening chapter
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif | perforated sheet ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fragmented perception
ⓘ
love and desire mediated by distance ⓘ partitioned vision of reality ⓘ relationship between private lives and national history ⓘ storytelling and memory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aadam Aziz
NERFINISHED
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Naseem Ghani NERFINISHED ⓘ Saleem Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | chapter in a novel ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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magical realist fiction ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | reception of Midnight’s Children as a landmark of magical realism ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely praised by literary critics ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
body as a site of cultural negotiation
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colonial and postcolonial transformation of India ⓘ intersection of personal and political histories ⓘ |
| introduces | central themes of Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | celebrated opening of Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | magical realism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
digressive storytelling
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nonlinear narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Saleem Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opensCycle | multi-generational family saga in Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| opensWith | description of Aadam Aziz as a doctor in Kashmir ⓘ |
| partOf | Midnight’s Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotDevice | doctor examining patient through a perforated sheet ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Midnight’s Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fragmented national identity
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limits of vision and understanding ⓘ partial knowledge ⓘ |
| workIn |
British literature
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Indian English literature ⓘ |
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