Fiction and the Incompleteness of History: Toni Morrison, V. S. Naipaul, and Ben Okri - Couverture souple

Ying, Zhu

 
9783039107469: Fiction and the Incompleteness of History: Toni Morrison, V. S. Naipaul, and Ben Okri
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ISBN 10 : 3039107461 ISBN 13 : 9783039107469
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2007

Synopsis

With reference to Paul Ricoeur's conception of the interconnectedness of history and fiction, this comparative literary study examines narrative strategies that three contemporary writers of fiction – Toni Morrison, V. S. Naipaul, and Ben Okri – have devised to counteract the incompleteness of historical representation. In her novel Beloved Morrison redefines the slave-narrative tradition and reveals an alternative history of slavery by unveiling the interior lives of her characters. Through a hybrid prose that mixes fiction with history in the novels The Enigma of Arrival and A Way in the World, Naipaul illuminates "areas of darkness" in the diasporic world of East Indian Trinidadians and provides new ways of transforming English literary and cultural history. Focusing on West African identity and community, Okri brings a mythic and fantastic dimension to postcolonial fiction as a way of giving a voice to people who are generally without power and almost without any place in a world of inequality and injustice. Probing into historical incompleteness, this study underscores the indispensable role of fiction in representing life, rectifying history, and enlarging reality.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Author : Zhu Ying received her BA and M.A. in English Language and Literature from Wuhan University in the People's Republic of China. She completed her Ph.D. in English Literary Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is currently teaching and working for the American Studies Program in the Department of English at East China Normal University in Shanghai. Her research interests are contemporary fiction, critical theories, postcolonial studies, and African American and American literature.

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Éditeur
Verlag Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039107461
ISBN 13 
9783039107469
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780820480060: Fiction and the Incompleteness of History: Toni Morrison, V.S. Naipaul, and Ben Okri

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ISBN 10 :  0820480061 ISBN 13 :  9780820480060
Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing, 2006
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