Literary Theory and Criticism: Recent Writings from South Asia
Editat de Arun Guptoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2021
Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, this textbook will be indispensable for students and researchers of South Asian studies, cultural theory, literary criticism, postcolonial studies, literary and language studies, women and gender studies, rhetoric and composition, political sociology, and cultural studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781032101477
ISBN-10: 1032101474
Pagini: 276
Ilustrații: 22
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1032101474
Pagini: 276
Ilustrații: 22
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
PostgraduateCuprins
Part I: Theory 1. DissemiNation: time, narrative, and the margins of the modern nation 2. Belatedness as Possibility: Subaltern Histories, once again 3. The Blurring of Distinctions: The artwork and religious icons in contemporary India 4. Woman and Freedom 5. Theoretical Understanding of Post-Colonial State 6. Grassroots Texts: Ethnographic ruptures and transnational feminist imaginaries Part II. Criticism 7. Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse 8. Epilogue: The Tantra of Contemplative Cultural Critique 9. Postcolonial Hybridity: Midnight’s Children 10. Fragmenting Nations and Lives: Sunlight on a Broken Column 11. Puyakante Wijenaike: Spectral Spaces 12. Chokher Bali; The Novel of the New Age
Notă biografică
Arun Gupto is Professor of English at the Institute of Advanced Communication, Education, and Research, Pokhara University, Nepal. He is a former faculty member at the Central Department of English, Tribhuwan University. His areas of research are literary theory, postcolonial studies, and South Asian Studies. His recent books include Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley: Grace, Rage, Knowledge (Routledge, 2016). He has also written and directed a series of documentaries on South Asian Art and Culture titled Art of the Lake (2014), Four Gray Walls Four Gray Towers (post-production), and Anger and the Mahatma (post-production).
Descriere
The book explores key South Asian writings on cultural theory and literary criticism. It discusses the dynamics of textual contents, rhetorical styles, and socio-political issues through an exploration of seminal South Asian scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences.