'A pedagogically useful, critically responsible, and lucid guide to postcolonial literary studies.' - Aparajita Sagar, Purdue University, USA. 'Valuable secondary reading for courses on postcolonialism or world literature.' - Michael Chapman, Current Writing
This Guide analyses the criticism of English-language literature from the major regions of the postcolonial world. Criticism on works by writers such as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie, is discussed to illustrate the themes and concepts essential to an understanding of postcolonial literature and the development of criticism in the field
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This Guide analyses the criticism of English-language literature from the major regions of the postcolonial world. Criticism on works by writers such as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie, is discussed to illustrate the themes and concepts essential to an understanding of postcolonial literature and the development of criticism in the field
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Postcoloniality
Difference
Language
Orality
Rewriting
Violence
Travel
Maps
Gender
Queer
Haunting
Memory
Hybridity
Diaspora
Globalization
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Les mer
'A pedagogically useful, critically responsible, and lucid guide to postcolonial literary studies.' - Aparajita Sagar, Purdue University, USA. 'Valuable secondary reading for courses on postcolonialism or world literature.' - Michael Chapman, Current Writing
Les mer
This Guide analyses the criticism of English language literature from the major regions and countries of the postcolonial world.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780230506749
Publisert
2008-06-25
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Red Globe Press
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Lower undergraduate, UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224
Forfatter