Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English (eBook, PDF)

An Anthology
Redaktion: Ross, Robert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Fiction from the old British Commonwealth once took second place to the literature of England and the United States, but his is no longer the case. Writers from around the globe-Africa, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, and the Caribbean-have recorded their encounters with colonialism from its beginnings to its collapse and aftermath to produce an impressive body of work that internationalizes literature in English. Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English draws from this great common wealth of writing of offer 35 selections by major writers from both indigenous and settler cultures, from the nineteenth century through the contemporary era. The anthology is organized into sets of short stories and stand-alone selections from significant novels; colonial, postcolonial, immigrant, and personal encounters are represented. Each section includes a general introduction to help readers place the works in historical and cultural perspective. Biographical and critical material is provided for each writer, along with commentary on each selection. This anthology is an appropriate textbook for courses in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies and in Literature and Cultural Studies. It will also interest general readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136513299
• Artikelnr.: 40298146

Autorenporträt

Robert L. Ross

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Colonial Encounters
Chapter 1 The Magistrate, J. M. Coetzee
Chapter 2 The Coming of the Christ-Child, Bessie Head
Chapter 3 The Sacrificial Egg, Chinua Achebe
Chapter 4 From The Matriarch, Witi Ihimaera
Chapter 5 The Woman at the Store, Katherine Mansfield
Chapter 6 The Drover's Wife, Henry Lawson
Chapter 7 A Boer Wedding, Olive Schreiner
Chapter 8 A Matter of Taste, Alex La Guma
Chapter 9 The Gold Watch, Mulk Raj Anand
Chapter 10 A Letter from Home, Doris Lessing
Chapter 11 The Charlottetown Banquet, Robertson Davies
Chapter 12 A Drink in the Passage, Alan Paton
Part 2 Postcolonial Encounters
Chapter 13 "Do You Love Me?", Peter Carey
Chapter 14 The Testimony of Kîhaahu wa Gatheeca, Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Chapter 15 The Perfume Sea, Margaret Laurence
Chapter 16 Chloe of the Dancing Bears, Thea Astley
Chapter 17 An Experience of India, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Chapter 18 A Horse and Two Goats, R. K. Narayan
Chapter 19 The Hills, Patricia Grace
Chapter 20 From The Famished Road, Ben Okri
Chapter 21 Ranna's Story, Bapsi Sidhwa
Chapter 22 Prelude: An Inheritance, V. S. Naipaul
Part 3 Immigrant Encounters
Chapter 23 Swimming Lessons, Rohinton Mistry
Chapter 24 Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chapter 25 Buried Lives, Bharati Mukherjee
Chapter 26 The Ministry's Visiting Day, Buchi Emecheta
Chapter 27 Joebell and America, Earl Lovelace
Chapter 28 My Son the Fanatic, Hanif Kureishi
Chapter 29 The Angel Azraeel, Salman Rushdie
Part 4 Personal Encounters
Chapter 30 Down at the Dump, Patrick White
Chapter 31 The Sun in Winter, David Malouf
Chapter 32 Scarlet Ibis, Margaret Atwood
Chapter 33 Pigeons at Daybreak, Anita Desai
Chapter 34 The Triumph of Poetry, Janet Frame
Chapter 35 Some are Born to Sweet Delight, Nadine Gordimer