A concise introduction to a core and popular area of literary studies.
Provides extended case studies which survey and summarise key critical debates and as such are invaluable for teaching.
Places the emphasis on the text first and theory second, thus providing a unique and much needed approach to postcolonial literature, which in the past has been maligned for being theory driven.
Takes an historical approach, thus covering a good range of texts that have generated lots of critical discussion and evaluative materials.
Written clearly for an undergraduate reader, with introductory overviews at the start of each chapter.
Preface & Acknowledgements Chapter One - Introducing the Postcolonial Novel in English Chapter Two - The Counter-Canonical Novel Chapter Three - Alternative Historiographies Chapter Four - National Consciousness Chapter Five - Interrogating Subjectivity Chapter Six - Recoding Narrative Chapter Seven - The Rushdie Affair Chapter Eight - The Optical Unconscious Conclusion - Ending with Obasan & An Interrupted Panorama Bibliography Index
