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Postcolonial Studies and the Literary: Theory, Interpretation and the Novel

Postcolonial Studies and the Literary: Theory, Interpretation and the Novel


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The field of postcolonial studies is currently undergoing a crisis - a sense of loss of radicalism due to the academic institutionalisation in recent years. This book explores the current crisis and examines how it is linked to the field's ambiguous relation to postcolonial literary texts by taking a critical look at the relation between postcolonial studies and the idea of the literary. While postcolonial scholars have continuously attempted to expand their scope and frames of reference, the academic field of postcolonial studies is still to a large extent situated in literary departments, even if the literary has often been given little attention. This book is a critical-theoretical investigation of some of the limits and dangers of the contemporary academic field of postcolonial studies, as well as an attempt to formulate an alternative perspective, namely a renewed focus on the potential of the literary and, in particular, literary realism.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction The Melancholia of Postcolonial Studies Returning to the Literary Utopian-Interpretive Perspectives Form and Temporality in Ousmane Sembene's Xala Arcades of Foreignness: J.M. Coetzee's Foe Realism in Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

About the Author :
ELI PARK SORENSEN wrote his PhD in Comparative Literature at University College, London, UK, where he was also a teaching fellow. His work focuses on postcolonial studies, contemporary British fiction, international adoption literature and literary theory. He is currently working on a book about Caryl Phillips.

Review :
'This is an engaging and truly thoughtful book. It is poised and ambitious, both in its bold and subtle handling of the literary texts on which it centres and in its overarching arguments. Sorensen's reconsideration of the place of the literary in postcolonial studies seems very timely, as regards not only the evolution of postcolonial studies but the future of literary studies more widely'. - Nicholas Harrison, Professor of Postcolonial Literature, King's College London, University of London, UK


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  • ISBN-13: 9780230277595
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0230277594
  • Publisher Date: 21 Apr 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Theory, Interpretation and the Novel


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