Post–Colonial Literatures in English: History, Language, Theory

In this original and accessible introduction to post–colonial literatures in English, Dennis Walder guides the reader through the historical, linguistic, and theoretical issues that inform post–colonial literary study. He then goes on to provide three detailed case studies, focusing upon Indian fiction in English, Caribbean and Black British poetry, and contemporary South African literature. In a searching final chapter he considers, through a focus upon work by Ariel Dorfman, V. S. Naipaul and Michael Ondaatje, the questions of what might follow ′After Post–Colonialism′. Among the writers and theorists discussed are: Achebe, Brathwaite, Bhaba, Gordimer, Fanon, Freud, Henry Louis Gates Jr, C. L. R. James,Marx, Mhlophe, Miller, Narayan, Ngugi, Nichols, Said, Sahgal, Sartre, Spivak, Trivedi, and Walcott. The book provides a clear and provocative path through the texts and debates of a major and exciting new area of literary studies.

Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introducing the Post–Colonial. Part I: Studying Post–Colonial Literatures: . 2. History. 3. Language. 4. Theory. Part II: Case Studies: . 5. Indo–Anglian Fiction. 6. Caribbean and Black British Poetry. 7. South African Literature in the Interregnum. 8. After Post–Colonialism?. Selected Bibliography. Index.

"Would be particularly suitable as the basis for an undergarduate course." Contemporary South Asia "Offers a clear survey of the development of the field, and a vigorous engagement with early scholars and more recent theorists". Year′s Work in English Studies