Daniels Voice of the Oppressed in the Language of the Oppressor

A Discussion of Selected Postcolonial Literature from Ireland, Africa and America
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-71085-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

This book examines works from twelve authors from colonized cultures who write in English: William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe, Maxine Hong Kinston, Amy Tan, Toni Morrison, Alic Walker, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, Louise Erdrich, and Leslie Marmon Silko. The book fins connection among these writers and their respective works. Patsy Daniels argues that the thinkers and writers of colonized culture must learn the language of the colonizer and take it back to their own community thus making themselves translators who occupy a manufactured, hybdid space between two cultures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniels, Patsy J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Introduction: Making Connections
II. Yeats: Recovering History
III. Joyce: Voicing Paralysis
IV. Conrad: Questioning the Empire
V. Achebe: Revising History
VI: Kingston and Tan: Inventing One's Culture, Making One's Own Luck
VII.Morrison and Walker: Imposing Silence, Writing a Voice
VIII. Cisneros and Castillo: Resisting the Oppressor, Writing a Liberator
IX. Erdrich and Silko: Joining Heaven and Earth, Changing the Ceremony
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited

Über Autor(innen)

Patsy J. Daniels teaches at Lane College.