Writing in Limbo : Modernism and Caribbean Literature.

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In Simon Gikandi's view, Caribbean literature and postcolonial literature more generally negotiate an uneasy relationship with the concepts of modernism and modernity--a relationship in which the Caribbean writer, unable to escape a history encoded by Europe, accepts the challenge of rewriting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gikandi, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Temas:
Carpentier, Alejo, > 1904-1980. > Siglo de las luces.
Siglo de las luces (Carpentier, Alejo)
Caribbean fiction (English) > History and criticism.
West Indian fiction (English) > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Caribbean Area.
Modernism (Literature) > West Indies.
Roman antillais (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Caraïbes (Région)
Modernisme (Littérature) > Antilles.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Caribbean fiction (English)
Modernism (Literature)
West Indian fiction (English)
Caribbean Area
West Indies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Writing in Limbo; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modernism and the Origins of Caribbean Literature; 1 Caribbean Modernist Discourse: Writing, Exile, and Tradition; 2 From Exile to Nationalism: The Early Novels of George Lamming; 3 Beyond the Kala-pani: The Trinidad Novels of Samuel Selvon; 4 The Deformation of Modernism: The Allegory of History in Carpentier's El siglo de las luces; 5 Modernism and the Masks of History: The Novels of Paule Marshall; 6 Writing after Colonialism: Crick Crack, Monkey and Beka Lamb.
  • 7 Narration at the Postcolonial Moment: History and Representation in AbengConclusion; Index.

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