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Trauma and Transformation in African Literature

Kurtz, J. Roger

Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

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This book fills a gap in the field of contemporary trauma studies by interrogating the relevance of trauma for African literatures. Kurtz argues that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise, and furthermore that the benefits of this exercise include not only what it can do for African literature, but also what it can do for trauma studies. He makes the case for understanding trauma healing within the larger project of peacebuilding, with an emphasis on the transformative potential of what he terms the African moral imagination as embodied in the creative work of its writers. He offers readings of selected works by Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Chimamanda Adichie, and Nuruddin Farah as case studies for how African literature can influence our understanding of trauma and trauma healing. This will be a valuable volume for those with interests in current trends and developments in trauma studies, African literary studies, postcolonial studies, and memory studies.

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  • Utgivelsesdato:

    05.10.2020

  • ISBN/Varenr:

    9781138205239

  • Språk:

    , Engelsk

  • Forlag:

    Routledge

  • Fagtema:

    Litteratur

  • Serie:

    Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

  • Litteraturtype:

    Faglitteratur

  • Sider:

    192

  • Høyde:

    15.8 cm

  • Bredde:

    23.5 cm

Forsidebilde av Trauma and Literature

Trauma and Literature

9781107176645 Cambridge Critical Concepts Innbundet
15.03.2018
Engelsk

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