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Takolander, Maria

 
9783039111930: Catching Butterflies: Bringing Magical Realism to Ground
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ISBN 10 : 3039111930 ISBN 13 : 9783039111930
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2007

Synopsis

Magical realism was one of the most significant literary developments in the last century. It has become synonymous with the seductive fictions of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Ben Okri, Jeanette Winterson and Peter Carey. However, the genre has also become known for its theoretical indeterminacy. In fact, exoticist speculation, inspired by the links between magical realist literature and the world's cultural or political margins, has thrown the category into critical disrepute. This book rescues magical realism from misreadings and misdemeanours, tracing the historical development of the literary genre and analysing an original spectrum of magical realist texts from Latin America, Africa, India, Canada, the US, the UK and Australia. It asks such questions as : How did magical realism come to take over the world ? What is the nature of its allure ? Also, how does the marginal status of its authors inform the genre ? Does magical realism have a political agenda ? This book uses postcolonial theory to investigate notions of cultural identity and post-structural theory to examine the narrative strategies of magical realism, presenting a comprehensive historical and theoretical overview of the genre and a politically urgent argument about its subversive potentialities.

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À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Maria Takolander has a Ph.D. in Literary Studies from Deakin University, where she is a Lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Arts. Her poetry and critical work have been widely published in Australian and international journals.

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Éditeur
Verlag Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039111930
ISBN 13 
9783039111930
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
270
Coordonnées du fabricant
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