Spaces of fiction, fictions of space
Subtitle: postcolonial place and literary deiXis
By: Russell West-Pavlov
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230237766
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Commonwealth fiction (English); Linguistics in literature; Space in literature; History and criticism; English language; Postcolonialism in literature; Deixis; Place (Philosophy) in literature
Description: "Reading a wide range of well known postcolonial writers along with more recent authors, Spaces of Fiction / Fictions of Space implements a new theory of literary spatial marking derived from the linguistic theory of deixis, and made accessible via an analysis of Becketts 'semi-colonial' play Waiting for Godot"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: Deixis and I; title: From deictics to deiXis; title: Narrative space; title: Anadiplosis; title: Spatial amnesia; title: Imperial deixis; title: Self-reflexive deixis and the aporias of the nation; title: Critiques of national narratives; title: DeiXis and loss; title: DeiXis rediscovered.