Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures
| Author | : A. Mohan |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2012-07-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137031891 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137031891 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (891 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures by : A. Mohan
Download or read book Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures written by A. Mohan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting the postcolonial focus away from the city and towards the village, this book examines the rural as a trope in twentieth-century South Asian literatures to propose a new literary history based on notions of utopia, dystopia, and heterotopia and how these ideas have circulated in the literary and the cultural imaginaries of the subcontinent.
