Homi Bhabha's metophor of space in The Location of Culture and Edward Said's view of the inherent telalion between culture and imperialims, this paper reads Peter Carey's Jack Maggs, one of the most remarkable examples of post-colonial texts writing back to the English literary canon. By rewriting Dickens's Great Expectations, the text exemplifies many of the strategies of the "writing-back paradigm".
"From the 'Margin' of the City: Rewriting Cultural Identity in Jack Maggs"
SQUEO, Maddalena Alessandra
2007-01-01
Abstract
Homi Bhabha's metophor of space in The Location of Culture and Edward Said's view of the inherent telalion between culture and imperialims, this paper reads Peter Carey's Jack Maggs, one of the most remarkable examples of post-colonial texts writing back to the English literary canon. By rewriting Dickens's Great Expectations, the text exemplifies many of the strategies of the "writing-back paradigm".File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
