Title: “Reading Nara’s Diary or the Deluding Strategies of the Implied Author in The Rift by V.Y. Mudimbe” in "Generic Instability and Identity in the Contemporary Novel"
Description: The interpretation of V. Y. Mudimbe’s The Rift focuses on the interaction between text and reader. The presence of the implied author in the preface, the fragmentary character of the narrative which takes the form of a diary, the 
literary allusions, quotes and notes are all part of the deluding strategies 
used to upset the reader’s expectations of genre, but also to critique the 
postcolonial archive and question the role of contemporary intellectuals in 
relation to it.
Subjects: postcolonialism, phenomenology of reading, cultural norms
Places: Paris
People: Nara, Salim, Aminata
Time periods: 1970