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Minor Genres in Postcolonial Literatures

146 Pages

by Routledge

146 Pages

by Routledge

146 Pages

by Routledge

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Moving beyond the postcolonial literature field’s traditional focus on the novel, this book shines a light on the "minor" genres in which postcolonial issues are also explored. The contributors examine the intersection of generic issues with postcolonial realities in regions such as South Africa, Nigeria, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia, the United Kingdon, and the Caribbean. These "minor"... Read more

Introduction – "Minor" genres in postcolonial literatures: New webs of meaning 1. "The advent of a genre": Crime fiction and the state of the nation in South Africa 2. From Jay to Bee to Daughter Buffalo: Outlining ekphrasis in the work of Janet Frame 3. Radio drama and its avatars in the work of Caryl Phillips 4. The tremors of genre in G.J. Resink’s poetry 5. "Keeping my slave side well versed": Fred D’Aguiar’s use of ottava rima in Bloodlines 6. The danger of a single short story: Reality, fiction and metafiction in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s "Jumping Monkey Hill" 7. Twisting the Australian realist short story: Murray Bail’s "Camouflage" 8. Minor genres and marginal realities: Kei Miller’s blog posts and Facebook notes 9. Claiming a hybrid language, seeking a hybrid form: From the vernacular to digital media in Robert Antoni’s As Flies to Whatless Boys (2013)