Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Ananda Devi

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Beskrivning

Ananda Devi: Feminism, Narration and Polyphony is the first full-length monograph devoted to Ananda Devi, a dynamic contemporary Francophone writer. Recipient of Prix Louis-Guilloux and Prix Télévision Suisse Romande du Roman, she is described by many as a prototype of a new generation of Mauritian writers. This book analyses Devi’s unconventional polyphonic narratives, particularly, her strategies that allow marginalized narrators to disrupt androcentric and dominant structures of narrative construction, thereby creating hybrid magical spaces for feminine expression. Drawing on the notion of feminist narratology that investigates the relation between gender and narrative, this book focuses on a wide range of Western and non-Western narrative strategies such as plot and plotlessness, narrative metalepsis, pluritemporality, multisubjectivity, myths, folktales and magic. It also demonstrates how her texts become the point of convergence of the West and the non-West, the feminine and the androcentric, the real and the extra-real as muted discourses resurface and traditional distinctions between categories are blurred in favor of alternate and new possibilities. As this book is interdisciplinary in its approach, it will appeal to a broad range of audience from those interested in Contemporary Francophone and Indian-Ocean Literature to scholars in Women’s Writing, Post-Colonial Studies, and Narratology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2013-01-01
Mått: 155 x 235 x 10 mm
Vikt: 310 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 196
Förlag: Brill
Serie: Chiasma (del 32)
ISBN: 9789042037458

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5/5 Max 2017-03-03
Mauritius is an unusual country; an island in the Indian Ocean, which has a culture with strong elements from both Africa and India. One of its greatest authors is Ananda Devi. All her novels were originally written in French. But some of them have been translated into English (e.g., "Indian Tango" and "Eve and Her Ruins"). At least for me they were not the most easy works to apprehend. And for some people who would want to read her novels it might be good to experience some kind of a "preparation". (I apologize for this word but I cannot find any better.) Ritu Tyagi wrote "Ananda Devi - Feminism, Narration and Polyphony". At least for me it was helpful to read Tyagi's book, and afterwards to re-read Devis's novels.
The book by Tyagi is an intensive study of Devi's special kind of feminism, her narrative techniques, and the polyphony of many persons who appear in the novels, and contribute to the end result: the way the novels became what they are.
I am no expert on general literary theory, but I agree with the following sentence found on the backside of the book: "As this book is interdisciplinary in its approach, it will appeal to a broad range of audience from those interested in Contemporary Francophone and Indian-Ocean Literature to scholars in Women's Writings, Post-Colonial Studies, and Narratology."