Which of the following critically rewrite/s canonical English novels?
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- J. M. Coetzee, {Foe}
- Jean Rhys, {Wide Sargasso Sea}
- Bapsi Sidhwa, {Ice-Candy-Man}
- Ben Okri, {The Famished Road}
The Correct Option is A, B
Solution and Explanation
(A) Foe: A reworking of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe that challenges colonial narratives.
(B) Wide Sargasso Sea: A feminist and postcolonial rewriting of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
(C) Ice-Candy-Man: Focuses on the Partition of India and is not a rewriting of a canonical English novel.
(D) The Famished Road: An original work rooted in African myth and magic realism.
Step 2: Conclusion.
Hence, the correct answers are (A) and (B).
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