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Metaphors of Invention and Dissension
- Aesthetics and Politics in the Postcolonial Algerian Novel
Engelsk Paperback

Metaphors of Invention and Dissension

- Aesthetics and Politics in the Postcolonial Algerian Novel
Engelsk Paperback

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Metaphors of Invention and Dissension explores the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the postcolonial Algerian novel, examining six novels written by two Algerian authors of French expression, Tahar Djaout and Rachid Mimouni. Rajeshwari S. Vallury argues that postcolonial literature demonstrates a conscious, rational, and deliberate engagement with the question of democracy. The author demonstrates how the metaphors of literature invent an arena or platform for the enactment of democratic dissension.Postcolonial texts stage contentious debates about the principles that can and must sustain a life of the common. The capacity of the poetic word to regenerate and recreate forms of thinking, being, saying, and doing lies at the heart of the political power of literature. In the case of Algeria, the dual forces of military rule and radical Islamism have not succeeded in stifling the revolutionary will of the people, which continues to find self-expression in the idea of the nation, the concept of universal human rights, the notion of civility, and the philosophical traditions of pluralism and toleration within Islam. This book demonstrates how postcolonial literature attests to the dissonance of democracy by staging the nation as the space of a universal equality and civility.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
282
ISBN-13:
9781786603173
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1786603179
Udg. Dato:
14 feb 2019
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
151mm
Højde:
222mm
Forlag:
Rowman & Littlefield International
Oplagsdato:
14 feb 2019
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