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1	"[T]he Free Play of Fantasy" The Interrelations between Ethnicity and Sexuality in Shyam Selvadurai´s Funny Boy Svensson, Åsa January 2008 (has links) The goal of this essay is to pursue a reading of ethnicity and sexuality in Shyam Selvadurai’s novel Funny Boy to show the importance of the interrelations between the two and how equally crucial both of these are in order to understand the protagonist Arjie’s journey and search for identity. To investigate the interrelation between ethnicity and sexuality, the analysis makes use of a method of simultaneous consideration that is similar to Mae Gwendolyn Henderson’s focus on “simultaneity of discourse” used by black women writers. The turning points in the protagonist’s life and search for an identity are crucial and influenced by issues of separation, and the theme of exile is prominent in the novel. Selvadurai uses the theme in several aspects on a number of levels, concerning both ethnicity and sexuality. However, the narrative also allows the protagonist to find an alternative route in exploring his identity as a “funny one”. These turning points are illustrated by a moving beyond the traditional gender roles and the idea of masculinity in areas of gendered and racialised spaces. Selvadurai shows a people that are ethnically and/or sexually divided while at the same time being linked through words and languages that can give and/or take away possibilities. Hence, a second aim of this essay is to show that the protagonist overcomes the limitations that society has set by choosing the path that is right for him, a path that allows him to be “funny”. Ethnicity Exile Funny Boy Identity Masculinity Selvadurai Sexuality Simultaneity of Discourse and Racialised Space. Literature Litteraturvetenskap
2	"[T]he Free Play of Fantasy" The Interrelations between Ethnicity and Sexuality in Shyam Selvadurai´s Funny Boy Svensson, Åsa January 2008 (has links) <p>The goal of this essay is to pursue a reading of ethnicity and sexuality in Shyam Selvadurai’s novel Funny Boy to show the importance of the interrelations between the two and how equally crucial both of these are in order to understand the protagonist Arjie’s journey and search for identity. To investigate the interrelation between ethnicity and sexuality, the analysis makes use of a method of simultaneous consideration that is similar to Mae Gwendolyn Henderson’s focus on “simultaneity of discourse” used by black women writers.</p><p>The turning points in the protagonist’s life and search for an identity are crucial and influenced by issues of separation, and the theme of exile is prominent in the novel. Selvadurai uses the theme in several aspects on a number of levels, concerning both ethnicity and sexuality. However, the narrative also allows the protagonist to find an alternative route in exploring his identity as a “funny one”.</p><p>These turning points are illustrated by a moving beyond the traditional gender roles and the idea of masculinity in areas of gendered and racialised spaces. Selvadurai shows a people that are ethnically and/or sexually divided while at the same time being linked through words and languages that can give and/or take away possibilities.</p><p>Hence, a second aim of this essay is to show that the protagonist overcomes the limitations that society has set by choosing the path that is right for him, a path that allows him to be “funny”.</p> Ethnicity Exile Funny Boy Identity Masculinity Selvadurai Sexuality Simultaneity of Discourse and Racialised Space. Literature Litteraturvetenskap
3	Postcolonial unions: the queer national romance in film and literature Barron, Alexandra Lynn 28 August 2008 (has links) Not available / text Homosexuality and motion pictures Homosexuality and literature My beautiful laundrette (Motion picture) Crying game (Motion picture) Selvadurai, Shyam,--1965---Funny boy Fire (Motion picture)
4	A World Into Which They Couldn't Follow Me: Arjie's Un-shameful Queer Awakening in Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy Edwards, Darryn January 2018 (has links) No description available. Asian Literature Canadian Literature Gender Literature South Asian Studies Asian Studies Gender Studies Funny Boy Shyam Selvadurai Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick postcolonial queer Sri Lanka shame culture counter bildungsroman bildungsroman spatial analysis gender
5	"Play up, play up, and play the game" : public schools and imperialism in British and South Asian diasporic literature Murtuza, Miriam Rafia 20 October 2010 (has links) This dissertation examines literary representations of the intersection between British imperialism and British and British-modeled public schools. I categorize British writers who have addressed this nexus in their literary works into two groups, idealists and realists, based on their views of British public schools, imperialism, and the effectiveness of the former in sustaining the latter. I present two examples of idealists, Henry Newbolt and the contributors to The Boy's Own Paper, followed by two examples of realists, Rudyard Kipling and E. M. Forster, who have often been viewed as opposites. I then provide an example of a South-Asian diasporic realist, Selvaduari, who builds upon the critiques of British realists by revealing the contemporary offspring of the marriage between British public schools and imperialism. By analyzing works by idealist and realist authors, I demonstrate the importance of public schools and school literature in promoting and sustaining as well as critiquing and condemning imperialism. / text British public schools School stories British imperialism South Asian diasporic literature Henry Newbolt Religious Tract Society Boy's Own Paper Rudyard Kipling E. M. Forster Shyam Selvadurai G. A. Henty Vitai Lampada Clifton Chapel Essay on Criticism Kim Brushwood Boy Stalky and Co. Maurice Longest journey Passage to India Funny Boy

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