Decolonizing the Literary Imagination: Dialogue and the Postcolonial Encounter (New Comparative Criticism)

Decolonizing the Literary Imagination: Dialogue and the Postcolonial Encounter (New Comparative Criticism)
by: Ambra Guarnieri (Author)
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication Date: 2024/5/9
Language: English
Print Length: 262 pages
ISBN-10: 1800797001
ISBN-13: 9781800797000
Book Description
This book explores the notion of dialogue adapted from Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin, who elaborated a critical methodology for interpreting the postcolonial encounter. The study explores dialogue in works of literature and ethnography by authors as diverse as Laura Bohannan, Ryszard Kapuściński, Amitav Ghosh, V.S. Naipaul, and Zadie Smith.
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This book explores the notion of dialogue adapted from Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin, who elaborated a critical methodology for interpreting the postcolonial encounter. The study explores dialogue in works of literature and ethnography by authors as diverse as Laura Bohannan, Ryszard Kapuściński, Amitav Ghosh, V.S. Naipaul, and Zadie Smith. Read more