Remapping the Indian Postcolonial Canon

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Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian
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Author: Nirmala Menon ISBN: 9781137537980
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: December 27, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Nirmala Menon
ISBN: 9781137537980
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: December 27, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book critically examines the postcolonial canon, questioning both the disproportionate attention to texts written in English and their overuse in attempts to understand the postcolonial condition. The author addresses the non-representation of Indian literature in theory, and the inadequacy of generalizing postcolonial experiences and subjectivities based on literature produced in one language (English). It argues that, while postcolonial scholarship has successfully challenged Eurocentrism, it is now time to extend the dimensions beyond Anglophone and Francophone literatures to include literatures in other languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Tagalog, and Swahili. 

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This book critically examines the postcolonial canon, questioning both the disproportionate attention to texts written in English and their overuse in attempts to understand the postcolonial condition. The author addresses the non-representation of Indian literature in theory, and the inadequacy of generalizing postcolonial experiences and subjectivities based on literature produced in one language (English). It argues that, while postcolonial scholarship has successfully challenged Eurocentrism, it is now time to extend the dimensions beyond Anglophone and Francophone literatures to include literatures in other languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Tagalog, and Swahili. 

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