Remapping the Indian Postcolonial Canon: Remap, Reimagine and Retranslate - 9781137537973

This book critically examines the postcolonial canon, questioning both the disproportionate attention to texts written in English and their overuse in attempts to understand the postcolonial condition. The author addresses the non-representation of Indian literature in theory, and the inadequacy of generalizing postcolonial experiences and subjectivities based on literature produced in one language (English). It argues that, while postcolonial scholarship has successfully challenged Eurocentrism, it is now time to extend the dimensions beyond Anglophone and Francophone literatures to include literatures in other languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Tagalog, and Swahili.

• | Author: Nirmala Menon
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Jan 04, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 201 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1137537973
• | ISBN-13: 9781137537973