Caribbean-English Passages - Intertextuality in a Postcolonial Tradition

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HowdoesCaribbeanliteratureuseEnglishgenres?4
HowhasEnglishliteraturebeenshapedbyCaribbeancontact?5
HowdidEnglishpoetryconfronttheviolenceofCaribbeanexperi-6ence?7
HowareiconsofEnglishart,suchasTurner’sSlaveShip,seenunder8Caribbeaneyes?920111Inthi

2、sbookTobiasDöringanswersthesequestionsthroughacloseanalysis1ofkeytextsbyDerekWalcott,V.S.NaipaulandWilsonHarris,aswell2asthoseofayoungergenerationofwriterssuchasDavidDabydeen,Grace3NicholsandAmrylJohnson.Theresultisanewviewofthecloseinter-4textualrelationshipbetweenEnglishandCaribbeanwriting.5

3、DöringusesPostcolonialismasacriticalarenatoexamineandquestion6thetraditionalgenresoftravelwriting,naturepoetry,adventuretales,auto-7biographyandtheepic,assessingtheirrelevanceto,andmodificationby,8theCaribbeanexperience.9Caribbean–EnglishPassagesopensaninnovativeandcross-cultural30111perspectiv

4、e,inwhichfamiliaroppositionsofcolonial/whiteversuspost-1colonial/blackwritingaredeconstructed.Englishidentityistherebyques-2tionedinthiscolonialcontactzone,andCaribbean–Englishwriting3radicallyredrawsthemapofworldliterature.4ThisbookshouldbeessentialreadingforstudentsofPostcolonial5Literaturea

5、tbothundergraduateandpostgraduatelevel.67TobiasDöringisLecturerinLiteratureandCulturalStudiesattheFreie8Universität,Berlin.94011112344511111112Contents34567891011123111Listoffiguresviii4Acknowledgementsix5Abbreviationsxi678Introduction:Caribbean–Englishpassages:intertextuality9inapostcolonialtr

6、adition12011111Roughpassages:travelanditsdiscontents21232Sugarcanepoetics:plantingtheartsintoacreole4landscape49563The‘Congo’intheCaribbean:cartographiesof7exploration7989301114Remappingthemothercountry:life-writingand1parabiography109235Turningthecolonialgaze:Caribbean–Englishekphrasis137456W

7、ritingacrossthemeridian:epicechoesinDerek6Walcott’sOmeros16978Conclusion:Caribbean–Englishpassages:fromthe9topologiestothelocationsofculture2034011112Notes2103Bibliography2184Index23145111Figures1‘WaitingfortheRaces’,inCharlesKingsley(1