Alshaymaa Mohamed Ahmed

Comparative Postcolonialism in the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Toni Morrison

Fragmented Identities

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Produktbeschreibung

Comparative Postcolonialism in the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Toni Morrison: Fragmented Identities places comparative literature in a postcolonial context in order to widen its traditional scope and thereby pay greater attention to the relationship between indigenous and hegemonic cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9781666921625
• ISBN-10: 1666921629
• Artikelnr.: 64079369

Autorenporträt

Alshaymaa Mohamed Ahmed is assistant professor of English and comparative literature in the humanities department, College of Language and Communication, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime, (AAST) Cairo, Egypt.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Postcolonial Literature and Comparative Literature
Chapter Two: Mimicry and Fragmented Identities in V.S. Naipaul's The Mimic
Men and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Chapter Three: Memory as a Reflection of Cultural Identity in V.S.
Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival and Toni Morrison's Beloved
Chapter Four: A Journey from Unhomeliness to Hybridity in V.S. Naipaul's
Half a Life and Magic Seeds and Toni Morrison's Home
Chapter Five: Gender in Naipaul and Morrison
Chapter Six: Naipaul and Morrison: Some Conclusions and New Comparative
Outlooks
Bibliography
About the Author