The Problematics of Writing Back to the Imperial Centre: Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe and V. S. Naipaul in Conversation 9781433182372

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Автор: Nabil Baazizi
Название: The Problematics of Writing Back to the Imperial Centre: Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe and V. S. Naipaul in Conversation
ISBN: 9781433182372
Издательство: Peter Lang
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Литературоведение: постколониальная литература

ISBN-10: 1433182378
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 246
Вес: 0.43 кг.
Дата издания: 17.02.2021
Язык: English
Издание: New ed
Размер: 22.50 x 15.01 x 1.60 cm
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Ключевые слова: English language teaching (ELT),Language, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language
Подзаголовок: Joseph conrad, chinua achebe and v. s. naipaul in conversation
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Поставляется из: Англии
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In the wake of decolonization, colonialist narratives have systematically been rewritten from indigenous perspectives. This phenomenon is referred to as the Empire writes back to the centre—a trend that asserted itself in late twentieth-century postcolonial criticism. The aim of such acts of writing back is to read colonialist texts in a Barthesian way inside-out or ? l’envers, to deconstruct the Orientalist and colonialist dogmas, and eventually create a dialogue where there was only a monologue. Turning the colonial text inside-out and rereading it through the lens of a later code allows the postcolonial text to unlock the closures of its colonial precursor and change it from the inside. Under this critical scholarship, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899) has been a particularly influential text for Chinua Achebe and V. S. Naipaul. Their novels Things Fall Apart (1958) and A Bend in the River (1979) can be seen as a rewriting of Conrad’s novella. However, before examining their different rewriting strategies, it would be fruitful to locate them within the postcolonial tradition of rewriting. While Achebe clearly stands as the leading figure of the movement, the Trinidadian novelist is, in fact, difficult to pigeonhole. Does Naipaul write back to, that is criticize, or does he rewrite, and in a way adopt and justify, imperial ideology? Since not all rewriting involves writing back in terms of anti-colonial critique, Naipaul’s position continues to be explored as the enigmatic in-betweenness and double-edgedness of an insider turned outsider. Taking cognizance of these different critical perceptions can become a way to effectively highlight Achebe’s (mis)-reading and Naipaul’s (mis)-appropriation of Conrad, a way to set the framework for the simulated conversation this book seeks to create between the three novelists.

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Acknowledgements – Introduction – A Centre and Its Margins: The Dilemma of a Manichean Dichotomy – ‘The Empire Writes Back to the Centre’: A Movement of Territorial, Moral, and Aesthetic Decolonization – A Dialogue Where There Was Only a Monologue: Chi

The Problematics of Writing Back to the Imperial Centre: Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe and V. S. Naipaul in Conversation, Nabil Baazizi