Mimesis, Genres and Post-Colonial Discourse Deconstructing Magic Rea
Through a broad-ranging survey of the allegory, utopia, the historical novel and the epic in post-colonial literature, Jean-Pierre Durix proposes a critical reassessment of the theory of genres. He argues that, in the New Literatures which are often roote
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Mimesis, Genres and Post-Colonial Discourse Deconstructing Magic Realism Jean-Pierre Durix Professor of English Universite de Bourgogne Dijon, France
First published in Great Britain 1998 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-40695-1 DOI 10.1057/9780230377165
ISBN 978-0-230-37716-5 (eBook)
First published in the United States of Amelica 1998 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-31221585-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dulix, Jean-Pierre. Mimesis, genres, and post-colonial discourse : deconstructing magic realism I Jean-Pien·e Durix. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-31221585-9 (cloth) I. Magic realism (Literature) 2. Mimesis in literature. 3. Literature, Modem-20th century-History and criticism. 4. Developing countries-Literatures-Histmy and criticism. 5. Postcolonialism. 1. Title. PN56.M24D87 1998 809'.912-{!c21 98-3656 CIP ©Jean-Pierre Durix 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 978-0-333-73224-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WlP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthmised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his tight to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.
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For Carole and to Catherine and
Jean-Fran~j:ois
This book was initially started during a sabbatical granted by the Universite de Bourgogne. Its composition has benefitted greatly from discussions with students in my classes, with many colleagues and members of the 'Centre de Recherches Image/Texte/Langage' in Dijon, amongst whom Michel Baridon and Jean-Michel Rabate have always been most helpful. Some of my initial reflexions on 'magic realism' were nurtured by the works of Jeanne Delbaere (Universite Libre de Bruxelles). Among friends all over the world to whom this work owes a great deal, may I thank in particular the writers Patricia Grace, Wilson Harris, Isabel Huggan, Witi Ihimaera and Albert Wendt, the academics Jacqueline Bardolph (Universite de Nice), Michel Fabre (Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle), Christiane Fioupou (Universite de Toulouse), Gareth Griffiths (University of We
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