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tics, carnival theory contributes to the interpretation of literary works a newperspective and methodology – dialogue. Rushdie’s linguistic practice proves to be aquintessence of an avant garde literary attempt. This concept of carnival speech as a languagefree from official norms and used deliberately to subvert official linguistic standards, acquiresa particular significance for the postcolonial writer. Rushdie’s another artistic attainments areembodied in his ingenious characterization. Referring to carnival theory, carnival charactersare generally characterized by grotesque appearance, rebellious act, hallucinations andinsanity. Another artistic feature that serves to carnivalize the novel is the intertextualdialogue. The novel, a fertile site for the staging of the carnivalesque as a centrifugal force,provides a vantage point by which a dialogue between a plurality of ideas, ideologies andindividuals may be represented – especially in an atmosphere of weakening central control. 4