Ethics of Exile - Colonialism in the Fictions of Charles Brockden Brown and J.m. Coetzee

Informationen zum Autor Timothy F. Strode teaches English at Nassau Community College. He received his Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University. Klappentext Investigates into the problem of how narrative encodes its relation to space! especially the territorial space that is the subject of colonial possession and dispossession. This book approaches the problem by providing a framework derived from the work of Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas on the ethical implications of human dwelling. Zusammenfassung Investigates into the problem of how narrative encodes its relation to space, especially the territorial space that is the subject of colonial possession and dispossession. This book approaches the problem by providing a framework derived from the work of Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas on the ethical implications of human dwelling. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter One: Ethics Against Ethos: Emmanuel Levinas's Critique of Heideggerian Dwelling Chapter Two: Edgar Huntly and Colonial Discourse: Toward a Poetics of Territoriality Chapter Three: The Ends of Edgar Huntly : Colonialism, Ethics, Ethics and the Problem of Closure Chapter Four: South Africa and Urban Segregation: Toward a Poetics of Exile Chapter Five: Dwelling in the Fiction of J.M. Coetzee: A Postcolonial Poetics of Exile Notes Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Timothy Strode, Timothy F. Strode, STRODE TIMOTHY F
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.08.2005
• EAN: 9780415975537
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97553-7
• Seiten: 264
• Serien: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory; Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy