Worldmaking from the South and "By the Sea" in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Fiction.
The article discusses the coastal orientation and worldmaking in the fiction of British novelist, Abdulrazak Gurnah, particularly in his novel "By the Sea." It argues that Gurnah's work, recognized by the Nobel Prize in Literature, highlights the importance of coastal locations and their distinctive...
| Publicado en: | PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America Vol. 138; no. 2; pp. 362 - 368 |
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Cambridge University Press
Mar2023
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the coastal orientation and worldmaking in the fiction of British novelist, Abdulrazak Gurnah, particularly in his novel "By the Sea." It argues that Gurnah's work, recognized by the Nobel Prize in Literature, highlights the importance of coastal locations and their distinctive perspectives. It criticizes the myopic and north-centered frameworks that often overlook the significance of the south and coastal orientations in literature. |
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