Critics have argued that the field of postcolonial studies has become melancholic due to its institutionalization in recent years. This book identifies some limits of postcolonial studies and suggests ways of coming to terms with this issue via a renewed engagement with the literary dimension in the postcolonial text.
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Acknowledgements Introduction The Melancholia of Postcolonial Studies Returning to the Literary Utopian-Interpretive Perspectives Form and Temporality in Ousmane Sembène’s Xala Arcades of Foreignness: J.M. Coetzee’s Foe Realism in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
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ELI PARK SORENSEN wrote his Ph D in Comparative Literature at University College, London, UK, where he was also a teaching fellow. His work focuses on postcolonial studies, contemporary British fiction, international adoption literature and literary theory. He is currently working on a book about Caryl Phillips.
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