Voice of the Oppressed in the Language of the Oppressor - A Discussion of Selected Postcolonial Literature from Ireland, Africa and America

List of contents

I. Introduction: Making Connections II. Yeats: Recovering History III. Joyce: Voicing Paralysis IV. Conrad: Questioning the Empire V. Achebe: Revising History VI: Kingston and Tan: Inventing One's Culture, Making One's Own Luck VII.Morrison and Walker: Imposing Silence, Writing a Voice VIII. Cisneros and Castillo: Resisting the Oppressor, Writing a Liberator IX. Erdrich and Silko: Joining Heaven and Earth, Changing the Ceremony Conclusion Notes Works Cited

Summary

This book conducts a selective survey of twelve authors from colonized cultures showing how each writer has necessarily created hybrid texts, in which the voice of the opperessed and the language of the opressor blend.

Product details

• Authors: Patsy J. Daniels, Daniels Patsy J.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2001
• EAN: 9780415936910
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93691-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature & literary studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, National liberation and independence, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General