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Salman Rushdie wuchs in Bombay (heute Mumbai) auf. Sein Vater, ein erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann, schickte ihn im Alter von 14 Jahren nach England. Am King’s College der Universität Cambridge studierte er Geschichte, darauf arbeitete er am Theater und als freier Journalist. 1964 wurde er britischer Staatsbürger.
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Tape #1: University President Dr. David Skorton introduces Salman Rushdie. While Rushdie covers many different topics in the lecture, his lecture centers on the arts of reading and writing literature. He argues that, while some have described his writing, especially in Midnight's Children, as fantasist or magic realism, the term "magical realism" obscures the nature of magical realist texts; people hear "magic" and not "realism." He argues that literature that pretends that the world is "naturalistic" or "realistic" is the fantasy literature, because it doesn't deal wth the strangeness of everyday life. He says that "realism is not a technique but an intention . . . to say something truthful about the times in which we live." Rushdie critiques biographical or ideological interpretations of literature and argues in favor of close reading.
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Muslim novelist Salman Rushdie says that a broader interpretation of the Koran would improve foreign relations between Muslim and non-Muslim countries and combat jihadist ideologies. Rushdie was the object of a fatwa death threat in 1989 due to blasphemous passages in one of his novels. Rushdie believes many young Muslims have become alienated from society, and that reform could modernize the core concepts of Islam. He says that if the Koran was treated as a historical rather than sacred text, it would facilitate instead of stifling scholarly discourse.
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IWP Director Christopher Merrill, UI English Professor Priya Kumar, and UI student Angelie Kosolam ask Salman Rusdie questions collected from UI students and faculty. Rushdie discusses the place of Bombay in his work and his life; he says Bombay feels like home, although the name of the city (now known as Mumbai) and its streets have changed. He discusses the idea of "home." He relates both the contemporary and colonial history of Bombay, noting that the city became "a darker place" after sectarian violence in 1992 and 1993.
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The award of a knighthood to the novelist Salman Rushdie, announced in Queen Elizabeth II's "birthday honours" list on 15 June 2007 [1], has been followed by a media-fuelled flurry of formulaic controversy. There is something very familiar about the vehement [2] denunciation from voices inside Britain as well as Iran and Pakistan [3] that has followed, and not just to those who remember when his name and work first began to be seen through a political rather than literary lens.
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A group of Pakistani religious leaders led by a pro-Taliban figure has said it will bestow a title on Osama bin Laden in response to Britain's decision to grant a knighthood to Salman Rushdie. Allama Tahir Ashrafi, head of the Pakistan Ulema Council, said on Thursday that the…
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