“To be born again, first you have to die”. Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον1 or the hyped Salman Rushdies´ Satanic Verses

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Álvaro Manzano Redondo

Abstract

In this paper, I aim to offer an innovative analysis of the vigorous structure which has illustrated Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (1988) in order to make a different approach and, in addition, to debunk false myths that revolve around Rushdie´s “universal novel.” More specifically, I will focus on the Verses and make a comparative analysis of similarities, connections and literary technique usages with other masterpieces which will take me as back as to the Greek/Latin world: with Apuleius´ The Golden Ass (158/9 AD), García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), and Kafka’s Metamorphosis (1915) to demonstrate that Verses is a compendium of portentously erudition but devoid of originality. Even though in Rushdie´s book the narration is written thanks to a number of prestigious passages of impeccable style, the staple knowledge, the scaffolding construction is processed as a tripod.

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“To be born again, first you have to die”. Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον1 or the hyped Salman Rushdies´ Satanic Verses. (2018). VERBEIA. Revista De Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies, 4(3), 70-89. https://doi.org/10.57087/Verbeia.2018.4225

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