Mimesis, Genres and Post-Colonial Discourse: Deconstructing Magic Realism

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 rooted in hybrid aesthetics, the often decried mimesis must be viewed from a completely different angle. Analysing texts by Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Salman Rushdie, Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris and Edouard Glissant, he pleads for the redefinition of 'magic realism' if the term is to retain generic relevance.

Author: J. Durix
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/17/1998
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780333732243

About the Author
Jean-Pierre Durix is Professor of English at the University of Bourgegone at Dijon, France.

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