Name: Post-Imperial Literature: Translatio Imperii in Kafka and Coetzee
Price: 29.04 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Biti, Vladimir
ISBN: 9783111539737

portada Post-Imperial Literature: Translatio Imperii in Kafka and Coetzee

Post-Imperial Literature: Translatio Imperii in Kafka and Coetzee

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vladimir Biti

Publisher

de Gruyter

Language

English

Pages

276

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9783111539737

Synopsis "Post-Imperial Literature: Translatio Imperii in Kafka and Coetzee"

This book proposes a new departure point for the investigation of transnational literary alliances: the traumatic constellation of translatio imperii, which followed the dissolution of the East-Central European empires in the 1920s and the crumbling of the West European colonial empires in the 1950s. To prevent their breakdown, the former transitioned from a 'sovereign' to a 'disciplinary' mode of administration of their peripheries, the latter from the merciless assimilation of their colonial constituencies to their affirmative regeneration. This book treats Franz Kafka as the writer of the first transition, prefiguring J. M. Coetzee as the writer of the second. In a series of close readings, it investigates the particular ways in which the restructuring of power relations between the agencies in their fictions is a response to the delineated post-imperial reconfiguration of the new countries' governmental techniques. By displacing their narrative authority beyond the reach of their readers, they laid bare the sudden withdrawal of transcendental guarantees from the world of human commonality. This entailed an unstable and elusive configuration of their fictional worlds as a key feature of post-imperial literature.

Customers reviews

Have you read this book? Login to add your review.

More customer reviews

0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews

Post-Imperial Literature: Translatio Imperii in Kafka and Coetzee - Biti, Vladimir

Synopsis "Post-Imperial Literature: Translatio Imperii in Kafka and Coetzee"

Customers reviews

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

In what language is the book written?

What is the format of this book?

Questions and Answers about the Book

Opinions about Bookdelivery