Literary theory has undergone unprecedented developments in this century, probably because of the increased exchanges between literature and other fields of knowledge, in particular linguistics, psychoanalysis, sociology, philosophy and Marxism. Yet this radical change has also had important consequences on the way in which writers included self-reflexivity in their creation. Though originally brought to the forefront by Western thinkers, theory naturally appealed to many post-colonial writers perhaps because it naturally leads to the questioning of colonialist biases. Still the conditions in which these writers grew up predisposed many of them to being more acutely aware of relativism than their Western counterparts. Such poets as the Caribbean Derek Walcott shunned any approach aiming at the logical re-appropriation of discourse. Yet metafictional preoccupations never prevented reflection on the meaning of history or on the social relevance of the artist's practice.
This volume includes an essay by Wilson Harris, a writer who, like Edouard Glissant, does not respect the traditional division between criticism and fiction or poetry. His work deliberately fuses theory and practice as though the two were indistinguishable. His approach suggests the necessity to question simplistic distinctions between genres and shows that, far from belonging to a secondary `regionalist' category of world art, post-colonial artists address fundamentally revolutionary issues.
Paru le : 04/02/2002
Thématique : Essais et théories - Dictionnaire
Auteur(s) : Non précisé.
Éditeur(s) :
Ed. universitaires de Dijon
Collection(s) : Kaleidoscopes
Contributeur(s) : Editeur scientifique (ou intellectuel) : Jean-Pierre Durix
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-905965-67-7
EAN13 : 9782905965677
Reliure : Broché
Poids: 352 g
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