Writing After Postcolonialism

Francophone North African Literature in Transition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvJane Hiddleston,Bryan Cheyette

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‘Focusing on francophone writing from North Africa as it has developed since the 1980s, Writing After Postcolonialism explores the extent to which the notion of ‘postcolonialism’ is still resonant for literary writers a generation or more after independence, and examines the troubled status of literature in society and politics during this period. Whilst analysing the ways in which writers from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have reacted to political unrest and social dissatisfaction, Jane Hiddleston offers a compelling reflection on literature’s ability to interrogate the postcolonial nation as well as on its own uncertain role in the current context. The book sets out both to situate the recent generation of francophone writers in North Africa in relation to contemporary politics, to postcolonial theory, and evolving notions of ‘world literature, and to probe the ways in which a new and highly sophisticated set of writers reflect on the very notion of ‘the literary’ during this period of transition.’

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Utgivningsdatum2017-09-21
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt603 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Horizons in Contemporary Writing
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350022799

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IntroductionChapter One: Postcolonialism, World Literature, and the Thousand and One NightsChapter Two: Why Write? Literature According to its AuthorsChapter Three: Writing for Others: The Public Writer and the Ghost WriterChapter Four: Rewriting the Past: Literature and HistoryChapter Five: Creating Reality: Literature and LifeChapter Six: Writing between Languages: Literature as TranslationChapter Seven: Francophone Letters: Literature as EncounterChapter Eight: The Power of Reading: Living with/through BooksConclusionBibliographyIndex

An erudite, broad-ranging and historically grounded book. Its illuminating textual analyses are interwoven with sustained theoretical reflection. Hiddleston clarifies the status and function of literature during the transitional cultural moments that can inspire creative engagements with politics. She renews our understanding of the unsettling consequences of aesthetic experimentation. The book will become an indispensable resource for the study of North African writing.

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