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Comparative Postcolonialism in the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Toni Morrison
Fragmented Identities
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2022
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Comparative Postcolonialism in the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Toni Morrison: Fragmented Identities begins with an overview of its theoretical framework, highlighting the intersectional relationship between postcolonial literature and comparative literature. Tracing selected novels by Naipaul and Morrison, the book takes, as a starting point, Fanon’s three-phase journey of the decolonizing process. In the first phase of mimicry, Naipaul’s and Morrison’s earlier novels represent the assimilation of indigenous people into dominant hegemonic cultures. The second phase is envisioned as the re-narration or re-interpretation of the past and old legends of indigenous culture. Morrison succeeds in asserting that her ancestors’ past is the only way to celebrate a cultural identity, but Naipaul tends to criticize and neglect his past and his original, indigenous culture. The third phase marks the emergence of a revolutionary literature, in which Naipaul and Morrison guide their people to hybridity as a new way of becoming and resisting the hegemonic dichotomies in dominant societies.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-2162-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2163-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
204
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Postcolonial Literature and Comparative Literature No access Pages 9 - 30
Mimicry and Fragmented Identities in V.S. Naipaul’s The Mimic Men and Toni Morrison’s The Blues No access Pages 31 - 68
Memory as a Reflection of Cultural Identity in V.S. Naipaul’s The Enigma of Arrival and Toni Morriso No access Pages 69 - 102
A Journey from Unhomeliness to Hybridity in V.S. Naipaul’s Half a Life and Magic Seeds and Toni Morrison’s Home No access Pages 103 - 136
Gender in Naipaul and Morrison No access Pages 137 - 170
