Decolonizing literature : an introduction / Anna Bernard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernard, Anna, 1979- author.

Series:

Decolonizing the curriculum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization in literature.

Politics and literature.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

vii, 197 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Recent efforts to diversify and decentre the literary canon taught at universities have been moderately successful. Yet this expansion of our reading lists is only the start of a broader decolonization of literary studies as a discipline; there is much left to be done. How can students and educators best participate in this urgent intellectual and political project?Anna Bernard argues that the decolonization of literary studies requires a change to not only what, but how, we read. In lively prose, she explores work that has already been done, both within and beyond the academy, and challenges readers to think about where we go from here. She suggests ways to recognize and respond to the political work that texts do, considering questions of language and translation, comparative reading, ideological argument, and genre in relation to the history of anticolonial struggle. Above all, Bernard shows that although we still have far to go, the work of decolonizing literary studies is already under way.Decolonizing Literature is a must-have resource for all those concerned by the development and future of the field." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Decolonization and literature: a history

Unfinished business: how do we decolonize literature?

Language and translation: what is "English" literature?

'A comparative literature of imperialism': Reading colonial and anticolonial texts together

Telling a collective story: literature and anticolonial struggle

Decolonizing genre: anticolonial understandings of literary craft.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781509544622

1509544623

9781509544639

1509544631

OCLC:

1388643594