Post-colonial intertexts : hierarchies of modernism / Geetha Ramanathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramanathan, Geetha, author.

Series:

Mini-monographs in literary and cultural studies ; v. 3.

Mini-monographs in literary and cultural studies ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Daoud, Kamel. Meursault, contre-enquête.

Daoud, Kamel.

Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- Historia secreta de Costaguana.

Vásquez, Juan Gabriel.

Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Étranger.

Camus, Albert.

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nostromo.

Conrad, Joseph.

Modernism (Literature).

Intertextuality.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"Using Kamel Daoud's The Meursault Investigation and Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The Secret History of Costaguana, this book asks you to serve as the jury on euro-modernism, specifically the canonical texts Camus's The Stranger and Conrad's Nostromo. The book reveals the extent to which euro-modernist aesthetics was culpable in rationalising colonialism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Gendered historiography and colonial euro-modernist aesthetics

Difference across colonial/post-colonial authorship

The aesthetics and literary politics of commodities

Geography and the gendering of place.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2023)

Other Format:

Print version: Ramanathan, Geetha. Post-colonial intertexts

ISBN:

9789004541153