Haiti Unbound : A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon /

"Historically and contemporarily, politically and literarily, Haiti has long been relegated to the margins of the so-called 'New World'. Marked by exceptionalism, the voices of some of its most important writers have consequently been muted by the geopolitical realities of the nation&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glover, Kaiama L., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philoctete, Rene.
Franketienne.
Fignole, Jean-Claude.
Philoctete, Rene > 1932-1995
Franketienne > 1936-
Fignole, Jean Claude > 1941-
Fignole, Jean Claude.
Franketienne > Criticism and interpretation.
Fignole, Jean Claude > Criticism and interpretation.
Philoctete, Rene > Criticism and interpretation.
Literatur.
Literatur
Französisch
Haitian fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Contemporary non-Christian and para-Christian cults and sects.
Alternative belief systems.
Religion and beliefs.
Humanities.
Roman haïtien (français) > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Haitian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Französisches Sprachgebiet.
Haiti.
Haiti
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Introduction : the consequences of ex-centricity
  • part II. Shifty/shifting characters. Beings without borders
  • Zombies become warriors
  • Productive schizophrenia
  • part III. Space-time of the spiral. Haiti unbound?
  • Present-ing the past
  • Haiti in the whirl/world
  • part IV. Showing vs. telling. The stylistics of possession
  • Framing the folk
  • Schizophonic solutions
  • part V. Conclusions : no lack of language.

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