Dodeman André, "Literary Location and Dislocation of Myth in the Post/Colonial Anglophone World "
English | ISBN: 9004359834 | 2017 | 274 pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 9004359834 | 2017 | 274 pages | PDF | 6 MB
The English-speaking world today is so diverse that readers need a gateway to its many postcolonial narratives and art forms. This collection of essays examines this diver¬sity and what brings so many different cul¬tures together. Whether Indian, Canadian, Australasian or Zimbabwean, the stories dis¬cussed focus on how artists render experi¬ences of separation, belonging, and loss. The histories and transformations postcolonial countries have gone through have given rise to a wide range of myths that retrace their birth, evolution, and decline. Myths have enabled ethnic communities to live together; the first section of this collection dwells on stories, which can be both inclusive and exclusive, under the aegis of 'nation'.
While certain essays revisit and retell the crucial role women have played in mythical texts like the
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