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This international collection of eleven original essays on
Australian Aboriginal literature provides a comprehensive critical
companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal canon for scholars,
researchers, students, and general readers. Australian Aboriginal
literature, once relegated to the margins of Australian literary
studies, now receives both national and international attention.
Not only has the number of published texts by contemporary
Australian Aboriginals risen sharply, but scholars and publishers
have also recently begun recovering earlier published and
unpublished Indigenous works. Writing by Australian Aboriginals is
making a decisive impression in fiction, autobiography, biography,
poetry, film, drama, and music, and has recently been anthologized
in Oceania and North America. Until now, however, there has been no
comprehensive critical companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal
canon for scholars, researchers, students, and general readers.
This international collection of eleven original essays fills this
gap by discussing crucial aspects of Australian Aboriginal
literature and tracing the development of Aboriginalliteracy from
the oral tradition up until today, contextualizing the work of
Aboriginal artists and writers and exploring aspects of Aboriginal
life writing such as obstacles toward publishing, questions of
editorial control (orthe lack thereof), intergenerational and
interracial collaborations combining oral history and life writing,
and the pros and cons of translation into European languages.
Contributors: Katrin Althans, Maryrose Casey, Danica Cerce, Stuart
Cooke, Paula Anca Farca, Michael R. Griffiths, Oliver Haag, Martina
Horakova, Jennifer Jones, Nicholas Jose, Andrew King, Jeanine
Leane, Theodore F. Sheckels, Belinda Wheeler. Belinda Wheeler is
Associate Professor of English at Claflin University, Orangeburg,
SC.
This international collection of eleven original essays on
Australian Aboriginal literature provides a comprehensive critical
companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal canon for scholars,
researchers, students, and general readers. Australian Aboriginal
literature, once relegated to the margins of Australian literary
studies, now receives both national and international attention.
Not only has the number of published texts by contemporary
Australian Aboriginals risen sharply, but scholars and publishers
have also recently begun recovering earlier published and
unpublished Indigenous works. Writing by Australian Aboriginals is
making a decisive impression in fiction, autobiography, biography,
poetry, film, drama, and music, and has recently been anthologized
in Oceania and North America. Until now, however, there has been no
comprehensive critical companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal
canon for scholars, researchers, students, and general readers.
This international collection of eleven original essays fills this
gap by discussing crucial aspects of Australian Aboriginal
literature and tracing the development of Aboriginalliteracy from
the oral tradition up until today, contextualizing the work of
Aboriginal artists and writers and exploring aspects of Aboriginal
life writing such as obstacles toward publishing, questions of
editorial control (orthe lack thereof), intergenerational and
interracial collaborations combining oral history and life writing,
and the pros and cons of translation into European languages.
Contributors: Katrin Althans, Maryrose Casey, Danica Cerce, Stuart
Cooke, Paula Anca Farca, Michael R. Griffiths, Oliver Haag, Martina
Horakova, Jennifer Jones, Nicholas Jose, Andrew King, Jeanine
Leane, Theodore F. Sheckels, Belinda Wheeler. Belinda Wheeler is
Associate Professor of English at Claflin University, Orangeburg,
SC.
Reading John Steinbeck in Eastern Europe explores the injustice
toward Steinbeck's works in Eastern European countries in the
period of communist regimes. Assessed through an ideological lens,
their value was in their usefulness to the oppressive social and
political mindset, which they undoubtedly served-not only The
Grapes of Wrath, with its agenda of social solutions, but also
works that clearly indicate that Steinbeck was venturing into new
themes and forms. By taking up various avenues of approach and
moving adroitly between the study of Steinbeck criticism,
translations, literary influences, textual analyses of specific
works and various theoretical questions-while illuminating that the
most compelling rationale for reading Steinbeck's works is their
universal relevance, not the presence or lack of ideological
structures in them-Reading John Steinbeck in Eastern Europe is an
interesting record of past perceptions, stereotypes and myths, and
a testament to a new era.
Though a highly regarded American writer, John Steinbeck's appeal
and influence extend far beyond North American borders. In John
Steinbeck's Global Dimensions, editors Kyoko Ariki, Luchen Li, and
Scott Pugh have assembled some of the best in current critical
analysis of the Nobel Prize-winner's work. A compilation of papers
by scholars from the U.S., Japan, China, Korea, India, and
Slovenia, this work provides a window into the critical reception
of Steinbeck's works around the globe. In doing so, this volume
incorporates diverse approaches, including cultural studies, film
analysis, gender studies, and most especially comparative studies
of sociopolitical, philosophical, and religious motifs in
Steinbeck's fiction. This collection includes four parts, each
considering a broad dimension of Steinbeck's work. The cultural and
social dimensions of his fiction are considered with essays by
prominent scholars on moral philosophy, dysfunctional families, Ayn
Rand's possible influence, and other topics. The second section
focuses on aesthetic dimensions, including considerations of
Steinbeck's theatrical vision and postmodern aspects of his work.
The third section considers reader reception issues and in
particular surveys Islamic, Buddhist, and Indian philosophy echoed
in the author's works. The final section of the book is an essay
considering the global possibilities for future Steinbeck studies.
A convenient casebook of the latest in Steinbeck studies, this
volume documents the breadth of current international interest in
his fiction, his films, and his philosophy. The included essays are
particularly useful for showing critical readings from various
cultural standpoints, readings that often stand in sharp,
interesting contrast to each other. Overall, this collection of
essays gives an unmatched sense of how John Steinbeck's work
continues to reach readers and scholars around the world.
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