Literary Research And Postcolonial Literatures In English

Author : Anke Bartels,Lars Eckstein,Nicole Waller,Dirk Wiemann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783476055989

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Postcolonial Literatures in English by Anke Bartels,Lars Eckstein,Nicole Waller,Dirk Wiemann Pdf

The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.

Author : H. Faye Christenberry,Angela Courtney,Liorah Golomb
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810883833

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Literary Research and Postcolonial Literatures in English by H. Faye Christenberry,Angela Courtney,Liorah Golomb Pdf

Postcolonial literatures can be defined as the body of creative work written by authors whose lands were formerly colonized. This book is a research guide to postcolonial literatures in English, specifically from former British colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. While this volume focuses exclusively on Anglophone literatures, it does not address those from Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand as they have already been covered in previous volumes in the series.

Author : Eugene Benson,L.W. Conolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1950 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134468485

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Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English by Eugene Benson,L.W. Conolly Pdf

" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

Author : Neil Lazarus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521534186

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The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies by Neil Lazarus Pdf

Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.

Author : Julie Mullaney
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847063373

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Postcolonial Literatures in Context by Julie Mullaney Pdf

This book presents an introduction to key issues involved in the study of postcolonial literature including diasporas, postcolonial nationalisms, indigenous identities and politics and globalization. This book also contains a chapter on afterlives and adaptations that explores a range of wider cultural texts including film, non-fiction and art.

Author : M. Q. Khan,Bijay Kumar Das
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Commonwealth literature (English)
ISBN : 8126907630

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Studies in Postcolonial Literature by M. Q. Khan,Bijay Kumar Das Pdf

Studies In Postcolonial Literature Contains Twenty-Three Papers And Two Interviews With Two Eminent Writers On Different Genres Poetry, Fiction, Short Fiction And Drama Of Postcolonial Literature. It Deals With Literatures In English Outside The Anglo-American Tradition. The Book Focuses On How Postcolonial Literature Assumes An Identity Of Its Own In Spite Of The Writers Drawn From Different Countries With Distinct National Identities. This Is A Very Useful Book For The Students As Well As The Teachers Who Intend To Do An Extensive Study Of Postcolonial Literature.

Author : Tobias Döring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Colonies in literature
ISBN : 3129395598

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Postcolonial Literatures in English by Tobias Döring Pdf

Author : C. L. Innes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052183340X

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The Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English by C. L. Innes Pdf

The past century has witnessed the extraordinary flowering of fiction, poetry and drama from countries previously colonised by Britain, an output which has changed the map of English literature. This introduction, from a leading figure in the field, explores a wide range of Anglophone post-colonial writing from Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, India, Ireland and Britain. Lyn Innes compares the ways in which authors shape communal identities and interrogate the values and representations of peoples in newly independent nations. Placing its emphasis on literary rather than theoretical texts, this book offers detailed discussion of many internationally renowned authors, including James Joyce, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Les Murray and Derek Walcott. It also includes historical surveys of the main countries discussed, a glossary, and biographical notes on major authors. Lyn Innes provides a rich and subtle guide to a vast array of authors and texts from a wide range of sites.

Author : Graham MacPhee
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748647125

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Postwar British Literature and Postcolonial Studies by Graham MacPhee Pdf

Examines the legacy of imperialism and decolonisation, globalisation and national identityGraham MacPhee explains how postwar writers blended the experimentalism of prewar modernism with other cultural traditions to represent both the pain and the pleasures of multiculturalism. He discusses a wide range of writers, from Auden, Orwell, T.S. Eliot and Larkin to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tony Harrison, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan.Key Features* Explores concepts and critical terms such as 'British national literature', 'new ethnicities', 'migrancy' and 'hybridity'* Case studies of postwar texts include: Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners, John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Linton Kwesi Johnson's Dread Beat an' Blood, Tony Harrison's V, Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, Leila Aboulela's Minaret and Ian McEwan's Saturday

Author : Dennis Walder
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631194924

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Post-Colonial Literatures in English by Dennis Walder Pdf

In this original and accessible introduction to post-colonial literatures in English, Dennis Walder guides the reader through the historical, linguistic, and theoretical issues that inform post-colonial literary study.

Author : E. Sorensen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230277595

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Postcolonial Studies and the Literary by E. Sorensen Pdf

Critics have argued that the field of postcolonial studies has become melancholic due to its institutionalization in recent years. This book identifies some limits of postcolonial studies and suggests ways of coming to terms with this issue via a renewed engagement with the literary dimension in the postcolonial text.

Author : Dennis Walder
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631194924

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Post-Colonial Literatures in English by Dennis Walder Pdf

In this original and accessible introduction to post-colonial literatures in English, Dennis Walder guides the reader through the historical, linguistic, and theoretical issues that inform post-colonial literary study.

Author : Poddar Prem Poddar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : 9781474471718

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Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in English by Poddar Prem Poddar Pdf

This is the first reference guide to the political, cultural and economic histories that form the subject-matter of postcolonial literatures written in English.The focus of the Companion is principally on the histories of postcolonial literatures in the Anglophone world - Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Canada. There are also long entries discussing the literatures and histories of those further areas that have also claimed the title 'postcolonial', notably Britain, East Asia, Ireland, Latin America and the United States. The Companion contains:*220 entries written by 150 acknowledged scholars of postcolonial history and literature;*covers major events, ideas, movements, and figures in postcolonial histories*long regional survey essays on historiography and women's histories. Each entry provides a summary of the historical event or topic and bibliographies of postcolonial literary works and histories. Extensive cross-references and indexes enable readers to locate particular literary texts in their relevant historical contexts, as well as to discover related literary texts and histories in other regions with ease.

Author : Shirley Chew,David Richards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118836002

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A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature by Shirley Chew,David Richards Pdf

Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, this concise companion is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of postcolonial literature and culture. An indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of Postcolonialism, bringing together 10 original essays from leading international scholars including C. L. Innes and Susan Bassnett Explains the ideas and practises that emerged from the dismantling of European empires Explores the ways in which these ideas and practices influenced the period's keynote concerns, such as race, culture, and identity; literary and cultural translations; and the politics of resistance Chapters cover the fields of identity studies, orality and literacy, nationalisms, feminism, anthropology and cultural criticism, the politics of rewriting, new geographies, publishing and marketing, translation studies. Features a useful Chronology of the period, thorough general bibliography, and guides to further reading

Author : Peter Childs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39076002077035

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Post-colonial Theory and English Literature by Peter Childs Pdf

Includes critical essays on William Shakespeare's The Tempest; Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre; Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; Rudyard Kipling's Kim; James Joyce's Ulysses; E.M. Forster's A passage to India; and, Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses.