Introduction: Postcolonial criticism and the work of Fiction.
Chapter 1: Colonialism and colonial discourse.
Chapter 2: Racism, realism and the question of historical context.
Chapter 3: ‘Race’, reading and identification.
Chapter 4: Representation, representativity and minor literatures.
Chapter 5: Writing and voice: women, nationalism and the literary self.
Chapter 6: Conclusion: literature and the work of criticism.
Chapter 7: Afterword: theory and relativism (Fanon’s position).
Notes.
References and Bibliography.
Index
Nicholas Harrison is Reader in French and Comparative Literature at King's College London.
“This book is impressive both in its approach to postcolonial
critical theory and in its methodology. Harrison deals with issues
and texts that have been at the center of critical debates in
postcolonial theory, but he approaches the familiar materials with
innovativeness and brings new insights to his subject.” Simon
Gikandi, University of Michigan
"This superb study is true to its title. Harrison's sophisticated
reading practice avoids the twin errors of reducing fiction to its
conditions of production or detaching texts from their historical
ground. In reconsidering the canonical texts of postcolonial
studies and examining the fictions of North American writers,
Harrison effects a significant advance in understanding both the
worldliness and 'literariness' of these diverse writings. His
nuanced engagement with modes of reception, and his considered
critique of the norms of interpretation, constitute a significant
intervention in the field." Benita Parry, University of Warwick
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