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Oloff, Kerstin Dagmar (2007) Modernity and the novel in the expanded Caribbean : Wilson Harris, Patrick Chamoiseau and Carlos Fuentes. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
My thesis examines how the form of the novel is transformed in the
postcolonial/neo-imperial context of the 20th century Expanded Caribbean. I focus
on works written in Spanish, English and French and thus privilege a regional
approach over a linguistic one. While the fragmentation of the region has been
furthered historically through the educational system, neo-imperialism, economics
and global politics, the region is united by the common experience of colonialism, of
plantation slavery and/or the encomienda system, and of anti-imperial resistance. By
focusing on the form of the novel that has originated in Europe, I set out to examine
the impact of geo-politics and economics on aesthetics.
Furthermore, Carlos Fuentes, Wilson Harris and Patrick Chamoiseau can
arguably be seen as representative for the academic fields of Latin Americanism,
Postcolonial Studies and Francophone Literature respectively, given their canonical
status within them. One of the aims of this thesis is to examine how the novels from
the Expanded Caribbean speak back to certain developments within the 'central'
academies over the last few decades and what the canonization of certain writers to
the exclusion of others, and the promotion of certain ways of reading texts, tell us
about the latter. For this reason, most of the novels examined in this thesis have been
published during the last quarter of the century that, on the political, economic and
social level, has witnessed dramatic global changes that have had a devastating
impact on the achievements of the 'boom' period of the sixties.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Caribbean fiction, Fiction -- History -- 20th century, Fuentes, Carlos -- History and criticism, Harris, Wilson -- History and criticism, Chamoiseau, Patrick -- History and criticism | ||||
Official Date: | October 2007 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Lazarus, Neil, 1953- ; King, John, 1950- | ||||
Sponsors: | Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC) ; University of Warwick. Humanities Research Council ; University of Warwick. Dept. of English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Extent: | 296 leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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