Postcolonial departures : narrative transformations in Australian and South African fictions / Hano Pipic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pipic, Hano, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Australian fiction.

South African fiction (English)--21st century--History and criticism.

South African fiction (English).

Postcolonialism in literature.

Psychic trauma in literature.

Comparative literature--Australian and South African.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--South African and Australian.

Physical Description:

258 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2017]

Summary:

This book introduces a comparative transnational approach to Australian and South African literatures to move beyond the boundaries of the nation and to reveal a shared history of indigenous dispossession and violent repression. It engages with issues of trauma, suppression and the manifold concerns regarding the unfinished processes of reconciliation. The contemporary postcolonial fictions chosen for the text-based analysis intervene in the unfinished processes of coming to terms with the legacy of the colonial practices of the past. This book compares nationally diverse postcolonial texts with a particular interest in the parallels in their deliberate breaks with generic patterns and structures. Book jacket.

Contents:

Nation and Narration 14

Postcolonial Departures from Traditions of Genre 25

Chapter I Representation of Trauma in Two Selected Bildungsromane: Gail Jones' Sorry (2008) and Rachel Zadok's Gem Squash Tokoloshe (2005) 29

The Traditions of the Bildungsroman 29

Postcolonial Bildungsroman 33

A Reading of Sorry 41

A Reading of Gem Squash Tokoloshe 51

Rape in Sorry and Gem Squash Tokoloshe 63

Conclusion 70

Chapter II Postcolonial Pastoral: David Malouf's Remembering Babylon (1993) and Lisa Fugard's Skinner's Drift (2005) 73

Pastoral Traditions 73

Postcolonial Pastoral 77

A Reading of Remembering Babylon 90

A Reading of Skinner's Drift 110

Conclusion 129

Chapter III Making Use of History in Kate Grenville's The Secret River (2005) and Zoë Wicomb's David's Story (2001) 131

The Historical Novel - Possibilities and Dynamics 131

Histories Within Postcolonial Fiction 133

A Reading of The Secret River 147

A Reading of David's Story 173

Conclusion 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783631672259

363167225X

OCLC:

974794489

Publisher Number:

99974465465