Postcolonial yearning : reshaping spiritual and secular discourses in contemporary literature /
Sen, Asha,author.
"Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis."--Publisher's description.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-110) and index.
1. Travel writing and cultural tourism: William Dalrymple's "Nine lives" and Pankaj Mishra's "An end to suffering" -- 2. "Things fall apart" and "Wide Sargasso Sea" : revisiting spirit, rewriting canon -- 3. Boundary crossingsin Leila Ahmed's "A border passage" and Pico Iyer's "Abandon" -- 4. "Spiritual/Secular; Hmong/American": Anne Fadiman's "The spirit catches you and you fall down" and Kao Kalia Yang's "The latehomecomer" -- Epilogue: towards an ethical epistemology of language.
"Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis."--Publisher's description.
Postcolonialism in literature.
English literature
American literature
Religion in literature.
Also issued online.
Postcolonial yearning.