York Notes Companions Postcolonial Litterature

This volume mines the diversity and richness of the literature and literary theory produced in the postcolonial era, discussing texts and ideas from all over the world such Heart of Darkness , Wide Sargasso Sea , The Mimic Men , Beloved and the poetry collection Born to Slow Horses . Topics such as race, gender and sexuality, globalisation and multiculturalism are featured alongside postcolonial reading practices and explorations of key concepts such as cross-cultural paradigms, hybridity and decolonisation.

About the author

Wendy Knepper is a Lecturer in English at Brunel University. Her research and teaching interests lie inmodernist, transnational, postcolonial and contemporary literatures with special interests in women’s writing and Caribbean literature, and she is a member of the UK Postcolonial Studies Association. She has a critical introduction to the work of Patrick Chamoiseau forthcoming with University of Mississippi Press and has published articles and book chapters on Jamaica Kincaid, Michael Ondaatje and Caryl Phillips among others.

Summary

This volume mines the diversity and richness of the literature and literary theory produced in the postcolonial era, discussing texts and ideas from all over the world.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Knepper
• Publisher: Pearson Elt
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781408266656
• ISBN: 978-1-4082-6665-6
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Series: York Notes; York Notes Companions; York notes; York Notes Companions
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies