Subaltern Narratives in Fiji Hindi Literature

Subaltern Narratives in Fiji Hindi Literature is the first serious study of fiction written in Fiji Hindi. The book makes a case for a subaltern voice speaking and argues that subaltern writing constitutes the silent underside of world literature whose canon it silently challenges and subverts.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; Map of Fiji; Foreword On the Genesis of ¿auk¿ Pur¿n; Introduction Reading the Fiji Hindi Demotic; Chapter One The Shock of the New; Chapter Two The Moment of ¿auk¿ Pur¿n; Chapter Three F¿j¿ M¿¿: the Female Subaltern Epic; Conclusion Can the Subaltern Speak? Language itself speaks; Appendix; Select Bibliography; Index

About the author

Vijay Mishra is an emeritus professor of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University, Australia. His most recent work is V S Naipaul and World Literature. [Assuming it is published by March 2024]

Summary

Subaltern Narratives in Fiji Hindi Literature is the first serious study of fiction written in Fiji Hindi. The book makes a case for a subaltern voice speaking and argues that subaltern writing constitutes the silent underside of world literature whose canon it silently challenges and subverts.

Product details

• Authors: Vijay Mishra, Mishra Vijay
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781839990700
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-070-0
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Andorra, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, devanāgarī