{"product_id":"writing-back-reading-forward-reconsidering-the-postcolonial-approach-9783631770771","title":"Writing Back \/ Reading Forward: Reconsidering the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePredicated upon the opposition of \u003ci\u003ewriting back \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ereading forward\u003c\/i\u003e, the author challenges some of the established concerns or preoccupations of the field. Postcolonial theory, framed by several binary assumptions, e.g. the dichotomy of coloniser\/colonised, perpetrator\/victim, powerful\/powerless, has frequently led to a partial vision regarding postcolonial subjects as well as literatures. By submitting six selected novels from India, South Africa and the Caribbean to contrastive readings, the book maps out the scope of literary interpretation, also and in particular in a postcolonial context. More than simply providing a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of each text, this study challenges both the benefits and limits of the postcolonial as a critical theoretical approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostcolonial theory – Literary criticism – J. M. Coetzee’s \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Country –\u003c\/i\u003e Robert Antoni’s \u003ci\u003eDivina Trace –\u003c\/i\u003e Arundhati Roy’s \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things –\u003c\/i\u003e Aravind Adiga’s \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger – \u003c\/i\u003eEarl Lovelace’s \u003ci\u003eIs Just a Movie –\u003c\/i\u003e Nadine Gordimer’s \u003ci\u003eNo Time Like the Present –\u003c\/i\u003e South Africa – India – The Caribbean\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044443259223,"sku":"9783631770771","price":62.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631770771.jpg?v=1750961629","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-back-reading-forward-reconsidering-the-postcolonial-approach-9783631770771","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}