Beyond the Postcolonial - World Englishes Literature

Zusatztext "Throughout the book! the discussion of the representative texts is consistently accompanied by an overview of the literature of the country! the historical backdrop! the various dynamics! which create the condition of postcoloniality! and interviews with writers hailing from the countries where the project was conducted. The lucidity of the style! as well as the author's profound grasp of the subject matter! helps her convey the ideas intelligently and compellingly ? ." (Jamal En-Nehas! Comparative Literature Studies! Vol. 53 (3)! 2016) Informationen zum Autor 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 Reading New India (2013) which explores post-millennial fiction from India, her specialism. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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...

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• Authors: Varughese E. Dawson, E Dawson Varughese, E. Dawson Varughese, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, E. Dawson Varughese
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349336623
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33662-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; B, Literature, English, English Language, Literature: history & criticism, Language: reference & general, Historical & comparative linguistics, World Literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Historical Linguistics, Germanic Languages, Palgrave Literature Collection, Postcolonial/World Literature, Oriental literature, Asian Literature, African Literature, English;linguistics;literary theory