34.1 | 2011
Tectonic Shifts
The Global and the Local
Sous la direction de Christine Lorre
The analogy of tectonic shifts used in this issue of Commonwealth Essays and Studies evokes the cultural and literary upheavals that characterise globalisation. The metamorphic transformations caused by historical events of far-reaching consequences have made worldwide interrelationships easier and more abundant. The eight essays here show that the “global” is overwhelmingly synonymous with new local configurations, not uniformisation or binary confrontation. They also reveal that literary works, by blurring boundaries and loosening tight definitions, lead to a decentering of the European perspective – and any other form of monolithic perspective on history, language and culture.
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Tectonic Shifts: Foreword [Texte intégral]
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Tectonic Shifts: Introduction [Texte intégral]
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Inhabiting the EdgeS: Transtextuality and Subduction [Texte intégral]
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Bones of Contention in Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Geometry of God [Texte intégral]
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Re-Mapping the Indian Ocean in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies [Texte intégral]
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Genealogy and Geology: Of Metanarratives of Origins [Texte intégral]
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Reviews
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Lisa Lampert-Weissig, Medieval Literature and Postcolonial Studies [Texte intégral]
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Sara Upstone, British Asian Fiction: Twenty-first Century Voices [Texte intégral]
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Reingard M. Nischik, Engendering Genre: The Works of Margaret Atwood [Texte intégral]
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