Mythic Reconstruction: The Study of Australian Aboriginal and South African Literature

Name: Mythic Reconstruction: The Study of Australian Aboriginal and South African Literature
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ISBN: 9783639037067

ISBN-10: 3639037065

ISBN-13: 9783639037067

Edition: 2008

Authors: Osaghae Esosa

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This work examines the reconstruction of cultural and historical myths by selected postcolonial writers of fiction from Indigenous Australia and South Africa. It explores summarily how these myths were used to define the colonial space, define the indigenes and how they in turn have chosen to define and represent themselves in a post-colonial world. This work also brings the postcolonialism debate back to the table by exploring its implications in using the theory to examine indigenous works of literature. The prodominant concerns of this work are Representation and Historiography situated within the context of postcolonialism. The achievement of this work is one of the canonical expansions…

Book details

List price: $76.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr Mueller E K
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Language: English