Description: Postcolonial Realism and the Concept of the Political by Eli Park Sorensen This book argues that postcolonial realism is intimately connected to the specifically political in the sense that realist form is premised on the idea of a collective reality. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description As the scholarly world attunes itself once again to the specifically political, this book rethinks the political significance of literary realism within a postcolonial context. Generally, postcolonial studies has either ignored realism or criticized it as being naïve, anachronistic, deceptive, or complicit with colonial discourse; in other words—incongruous with the postcolonial. This book argues that postcolonial realism is intimately connected to the specifically political in the sense that realist form is premised on the idea of a collective reality. Discussing a range of literary and theoretical works, Dr. Sorensen exemplifies that many postcolonial writers were often faced with the realities of an unstable state, a divided community inhabiting a contested social space, the challenges of constructing a notion of the people, often out of a myriad of local communities with different traditions and languages brought together arbitrarily through colonization. The book demonstrates that the political context of realism is the sphere or possibility of civil war, divided societies, and unstable communities. Postcolonial realism is prompted by disturbing political circumstances, and it gestures toward a commonly imagined world, precisely because such a notion is under pressure or absent. Author Biography Eli Park Sorensen is an assistant professor in the English Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in Comparative Literature from University College London in 2007. Dr. Sorensens publications include Science Fiction Film: Predicting the Impossible in the Age of Neoliberalism (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and Postcolonial Studies and the Literary: Theory, Interpretation and the Novel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). He has also published in journals such as NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction, Journal of Narrative Theory, Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Thought, Modern Drama, Research in African Literatures, Explicator, Partial Answers, Forum for Modern Language Studies, and Studies in Canadian Literature. Table of Contents Introduction: Postcolonial Studies and the End of History Chapter 1: Nation, Nationalism, and the Novel Form Chapter 2: The Historico-Political Discourse Chapter 3: The Political Significance of Literary Realism Chapter 4: Postcolonial Realism Chapter 5: The Politics of Realism: Rohinton Mistrys Such a Long Journey Conclusion Index Details ISBN0367650800 Author Eli Park Sorensen Pages 196 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0367650800 ISBN-13 9780367650803 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-01-09 DEWEY 809.912 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd UK Release Date 2023-01-09 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-01-09 NZ Release Date 2023-01-09 Series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature Alternative 9780367650780 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139682354;
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