Trauma, Memory, and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel : Essays.

• Main Author: Mengel, Ewald.
• Other Authors: Borzaga, Michela.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012.
• Series: Cross/Cultures - Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English.
• Subjects: 1900-2099; South African fiction (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.; South African fiction (English) > 21st century > History and criticism.; Psychic trauma in literature.; Memory in literature.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789401208451; 9781283868655; 9789042035706
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (419 stran)

The contributions to this volume probe the complex relationship of trauma, memory, and narrative. By looking at the South African situation through the lens of trauma, they make clear how the psychic deformations and injuries left behind by racism and col.