BIBFRAME Work

Title

Postcolonialism after world literature

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Burns, Lorna (author)

Subject

• Postcolonialism in literature (LCSH)
• Literature--Philosophy (LCSH)
• Literature--History and criticism (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: PN56.P555 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 809/.93358 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"How is postcolonial criticism challenged by contemporary world literature approaches? And how must world literature be rethought in light of the legacies of postcolonialism? Exploring their fault lines and their affinities, Postcolonialism After World Literature brings these two critical schools into conversation to renew our understanding of how contemporary literature responds to the challenges of globalization. Bringing postcolonial perspectives to bear on the work of important world literature critics such as Franco Moretti and Pascale Casanova and drawing on contemporary philosophical thought in the work of Deleuze and Ranciére, Lorna Burns argues for a new framework for writing about literary responses to key issues such as cosmopolitanism, the nation state and global culture. Writers covered include: Roberto Bolaño, J.M. Coetzee, Kamel Daoud, Rawi Hage, Moshin Hamid, Yuri Herrera, Marlon James and Pauline Melville"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why world literature needs postcolonial theory -- A world empire of letters: theories of world literature from nation to world-system -- Modernity in relation: rethinking the sociology of world literature -- Globalizing dissent: active resistance and the politics of relation in postcolonial and world literatures -- Enacting equality: postcolonialism after world literature.

Authorized Access Point

Burns, Lorna. Postcolonialism after world literature

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