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Ato Quayson uses a method of reading he calls calibrations: a reading of literature with what lies beyond it as a way of understanding structures of transformation, process, and contradiction that inform both literature and society. He surveys texts ranging from Bob Marley lyrics, Toni Morrisons wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quayson, Ato
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Colección:Public worlds ; v. 12.
Temas:
1900-1999
African literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Marxist criticism.
Mimesis in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Littérature africaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Critique marxiste.
Mimêsis dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
African literature.
Letterkunde.
Postkolonialisme.
Close reading.
Calibratie.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Literature, anthropology, and history in Ghosh's In an antique land
  • 2. Social imaginaries in transition: culture heroism and the genres of everyday life
  • 3. African postcolonial relations through a prism of tragedy
  • 4. Symbolization compulsions: Freud, African literature, and South Africa's process of truth and reconciliation
  • 5. Disability and contingency
  • 6. Literature and the parables of time.

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