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6 HISTORY AS MURMUR
Derek Walcott’s Another Life as Postcolonial Bildungsroman
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
- INTRODUCTION xiii
- I HISTORICIZING THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN 1
- 1 READING THE CLASSICAL BILDUNGSROMAN AS A COLONIAL GENRE 1
- 2 “COULDN’T YOU BE BROKEN AND STILL BRING CHANGE?” 29
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II COLONIALITY, POSTCOLONIALITY, COSMOPOLITANISM, AND THE BILDUNGSROMAN
- 3 CONTEXTUALIZING THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN 55
- 4 “SONO UN CROCEVIA” 83
- 5 THE COSMOPOLITAN BILDUNGSROMAN 107
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III CHILDHOOD, NATION, AND NARRATION
- 6 HISTORY AS MURMUR 131
- 7 UPENDRANATH ASHK’S FALLING WALLS 159
- 8 RECOVERING THOSE WHO “TROD” 183
- 9 THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, THE BILDUNGSROMAN, AND THE “NEW” SOUTH AFRICAN SUBJECT 207
- 10 "WE COME TOO LATE TO THE SCENE" 227
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IV MODERNITY AND THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN
- 11 BAD MODERNIZATION 251
- 12 "FOR EVERY CHILD, EVERY RIGHT" 271
- 13 ORGANI(CI)ZATION OF THE AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL 299
- 14 (BE)COMING OF AGE IN POSTMILLENNIAL HONG KONG LITERATURE 323
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V IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN
- 15 AMOS TUTUOLA AND THE NOVEL OF TRANSFORMATION 349
- 16 COMING OF AGE WITH AMBIGUOUS IDENTITIES AND A SENSE OF SHAME 371
- 17 "NO SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT ANYWHERE" 391
- 18 REPLOTTING THE BILDUNGSROMAN THROUGH A QUEER POETICS 415
- 19 CHILDLESSNESS AND THE FEMALE NIGERIAN BILDUNGSROMAN 437
- AFTERWORD 465
- CONTRIBUTORS 473
- INDEX 481
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
- INTRODUCTION xiii
- I HISTORICIZING THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN 1
- 1 READING THE CLASSICAL BILDUNGSROMAN AS A COLONIAL GENRE 1
- 2 “COULDN’T YOU BE BROKEN AND STILL BRING CHANGE?” 29
-
II COLONIALITY, POSTCOLONIALITY, COSMOPOLITANISM, AND THE BILDUNGSROMAN
- 3 CONTEXTUALIZING THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN 55
- 4 “SONO UN CROCEVIA” 83
- 5 THE COSMOPOLITAN BILDUNGSROMAN 107
-
III CHILDHOOD, NATION, AND NARRATION
- 6 HISTORY AS MURMUR 131
- 7 UPENDRANATH ASHK’S FALLING WALLS 159
- 8 RECOVERING THOSE WHO “TROD” 183
- 9 THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, THE BILDUNGSROMAN, AND THE “NEW” SOUTH AFRICAN SUBJECT 207
- 10 "WE COME TOO LATE TO THE SCENE" 227
-
IV MODERNITY AND THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN
- 11 BAD MODERNIZATION 251
- 12 "FOR EVERY CHILD, EVERY RIGHT" 271
- 13 ORGANI(CI)ZATION OF THE AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL 299
- 14 (BE)COMING OF AGE IN POSTMILLENNIAL HONG KONG LITERATURE 323
-
V IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN
- 15 AMOS TUTUOLA AND THE NOVEL OF TRANSFORMATION 349
- 16 COMING OF AGE WITH AMBIGUOUS IDENTITIES AND A SENSE OF SHAME 371
- 17 "NO SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT ANYWHERE" 391
- 18 REPLOTTING THE BILDUNGSROMAN THROUGH A QUEER POETICS 415
- 19 CHILDLESSNESS AND THE FEMALE NIGERIAN BILDUNGSROMAN 437
- AFTERWORD 465
- CONTRIBUTORS 473
- INDEX 481