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Postcolonial studies and the literary : theory, interpretation and the novel / Eli Park Sorensen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xiv, 189 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230252622
  • 0230252621
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR9084 .S65 2010
Contents:
The melancholia of postcolonial studies -- Returning to the literary -- Utopian-interpretive trajectories -- Form and temporality in Ousmane Sembène's Xala -- Arcades of foreignness : J.M. Coetzee's Foe -- Realism in Rohinton Mistry's A fine balance.
Summary: "Critics have argued that the field of postcolonial studies has become melancholic due to its institutionalisation 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"--
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction PR9084 .S65 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 028344
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The melancholia of postcolonial studies -- Returning to the literary -- Utopian-interpretive trajectories -- Form and temporality in Ousmane Sembène's Xala -- Arcades of foreignness : J.M. Coetzee's Foe -- Realism in Rohinton Mistry's A fine balance.

"Critics have argued that the field of postcolonial studies has become melancholic due to its institutionalisation 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"--

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