Postcolonial studies and the literary
Subtitle: theory, interpretation and the novel
By: Eli Park Sorensen.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230252622
Subjects: Sembène, Ousmane, -- 1923-2007; Coetzee, J. M., -- 1940-; Mistry, Rohinton, -- 1952-; Commonwealth fiction (English) -- History and criticism; Postcolonialism in literature; Literature -- Philosophy; Criticism
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The melancholia of postcolonial studies; title: Returning to the literary; title: utopian-interpretive perspectives; title: Form and temporality in Ousmane Sembne's Xala; title: Arcades of foreignness: J.M. Coetzee's Foe; title: Realism in Rohinton Mistry's A fine balance.