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Mimesis, Genres and Post-Colonial Discourse

Deconstructing Magic Realism

Mimesis, Genres and Post-Colonial Discourse( )
Author: Durix, Jean-Pierre
ISBN:978-0-333-73224-3
Publication Date:Aug 1998
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $327.95
Book Description:

Through a broad-ranging survey of the allegory, utopia, the historical novel and the epic in post-colonial literature, Jean-Pierre Durix proposes a critical reassessment of the theory of genres. He argues that, in the New Literatures which are often rooted in hybrid aesthetics, the often decried mimesis must be viewed from a completely different angle. Analysing texts by Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris and Edouard Glissant, he pleads for the...
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Book Details
Pages:206
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / Movements / Realism
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Philosophy / Movements / Deconstruction
Literary Criticism / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14 x 21.6 cm
Book Weight:0.425 Kilograms



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