Which of the following would be considered postcolonial novelists, defined as coming historically after the era of England's large-scale imperialism ?
Correct answer: A. Salman Rushdie
- A. Salman Rushdie
- B. Joseph Conrad
- C. Rabindranath Tagore
- D. John Ruskin
Explanation
Salman Rushdie is a major postcolonial novelist whose fiction examines migration, empire, national identity and the legacy of British rule. Conrad and Ruskin belong to the imperial period, while Tagore was writing during British colonial rule rather than after it.
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