Confluences: Postcolonialism, African American Literary Studies, and the Black Atlantic

Confluences: Postcolonialism, African American Literary Studies, and the Black Atlantic
ISBN-10
0820326038
ISBN-13
9780820326030
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
177
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Author
John Cullen Gruesser

Description

"For readers who may not be well acquainted with one or more of the three theories, Gruesser provides concise introductions in the opening chapter. In addition, he urges those people working in post-colonial or African American literary studies to attempt to break down the boundaries that in recent years have come to isolate the two fields. Gruesser then devotes a chapter to each theory, examining one literary text that illustrates the value of the theoretical model, a second text that extends the model in a significant way, and a third text that raises one or more questions about the theory. His examples are drawn from the writings of Salman Rushdie, Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul, Walter Mosley, Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Harry Dean, Harriet Jacobs, and Alice Walker."--BOOK JACKET.

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