Beyond the Postcolonial

World Englishes Literature
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-30096-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

With the backdrop of new global powers, this volume interrogates the state of writing in English. Strongly interdisciplinary, it challenges the prevailing orthodoxy of postcolonial literary theory. An insistence on fieldwork and linguistics makes this book scene-changing in its approach to understanding and reading emerging literature in English.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Being Beyond Methodology and Overview of Findings: Stories as Data? Cameroon: (Fr)Anglophone? Nigeria: Generation 'Y' Uganda: The Power of The Pen Kenya: Rifts Apart Malaysia: Bahasa Manglish(es) Singapore: Mad About Singlish India: Emerging Economy, Emerging Literature Conclusion: Beyond This? References Index

Über Autor(innen)

EMMA DAWSON VARUGHESE is an independent scholar. She works at the intersection of world literature and cultural studies, drawing on ethnographic research paradigms to conduct her fieldwork. She is author of (2013) which explores post-millennial fiction from India, her specialism.