1- Publication sites
"Chekov and Zulu" was published in the New Yorker and then as part of a collection titled East-West. It has also, obviously, been published in school anthologies. How could these different publication venues shape or affect readings of the story?
One of the major contributions that the post-structuralist thinker Roland Barthes made to the field of literary criticism was the idea that there were no more authors and readers in literature, or in any other kind of writing. Instead, there were only “scriptors,” and both the people who wrote the words and the people who read them could fill that role. The place where you read a text has a significant impact on the way that you interpret it; in a collection called East-West, one might expect an ideological experience, while the New Yorker might simply provide fiction for entertainment. A literary anthology for school, on the other hand, implies that the story is an assignment, which would make the reading much less optional, and perhaps much less gripping.
2 Humor
Rushdie’s story is set against the backdrop of the assassination of Indira Ghandi and subsequent attacks on Sikhs. How does he manage to create humor in spite of the seriousness of these political events?
The use of the two characters from Star Trek as aliases for the two characters brings humor to a subject in a difficult time. He uses this to show that the two are defusing tension by finding something to laugh about, a tactic that works throughout the story.
Discuss the various Star Trek allusions in "Chekov and Zulu." How do they contribute to the story?
The use of these characters makes the story more accessible to readers who may not know much about the conflict – and who otherwise might never pick up a story about this topic. It widens the audience while also adding general comic appeal.
4- England
How would you characterize Chekov’s and Zulu’s attitudes toward England? Do they differ? Why and how?
Chekov takes a fairly sarcastic view of England, calling them a breeding ground for terrorists. He says this with a sense of dark humor, because it is with this grim sort of approval that he marks the work that the country has done to agitate people against its effort. Zulu seems to believe, at the end of the story, that there is evidence implicating members of Parliament in the criminal acts, indicating that there is a sort of tampering by the West in Eastern affairs. Of course, that’s nothing new, is it?
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