With reference to Paul Ricoeur's conception of the
interconnectedness of history and fiction, this comparative
literary study examines narrative strategies that three
contemporary writers of fiction - Toni Morrison, V. S. Naipaul, and
Ben Okri - have devised to counteract the incompleteness of
historical representation. In her novel Beloved Morrison redefines
the slave-narrative tradition and reveals an alternative history of
slavery by unveiling the interior lives of her characters. Through
a hybrid prose that mixes fiction with history in the novels The
Enigma of Arrival and A Way in the World, Naipaul illuminates «
areas of darkness in the diasporic world of East Indian
Trinidadians and provides new ways of transforming English literary
and cultural history. Focusing on West African identity and
community, Okri brings a mythic and fantastic dimension to
postcolonial fiction as a way of giving a voice to people who are
generally without power and almost without any place in a world of
inequality and injustice. Probing into historical incompleteness,
this study underscores the indispensable role of fiction in
representing life, rectifying history, and enlarging reality.
General
| Imprint: |
Peter Lang Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2006 |
| Authors: |
Zhu Ying
|
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8204-8006-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8204-8006-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780820480060 |
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