The Postcolonial Short Story
Contemporary Essays
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Maggie Awadalla, Paul March-Russell | ISBN: | 9781137292087 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maggie Awadalla, Paul March-Russell |
| ISBN: | 9781137292087 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | October 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today – the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies – it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form.
This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today – the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies – it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form.
