Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (439 p.)
Disciplina	820.9/9171241
Altri autori (Persone)	HardwickLorna GillespieCarol
Collana	Classical presences
Soggetto topico	Commonwealth literature (English) - Classical influences Commonwealth literature (English) - Greek influences African drama (English) - Greek influences Caribbean literature (English) - Classical influences Caribbean literature (English) - Greek influences Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries Classicism in literature Comparative literature - Modern and classical Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-19-959132-6 1-281-15500-4 9786611155001 0-19-153784-5 1-4356-1014-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: CASE STUDIES; PART II: ENCOUNTER AND NEW TRADITIONS; PART III: CHALLENGING THEORY: FRAMING FURTHER QUESTIONS; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451295903321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica	xv, 422 p
Disciplina	820.9/9171241
Altri autori (Persone)	HardwickLorna GillespieCarol
Collana	Classical presences
Soggetto topico	Commonwealth literature (English) - Classical influences Commonwealth literature (English) - Greek influences African drama (English) - Greek influences Caribbean literature (English) - Classical influences Caribbean literature (English) - Greek influences Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries Classicism in literature Comparative literature - Modern and classical Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ISBN	0191537845 9780191537844
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: CASE STUDIES -- 1. Trojan Women in Yorubaland: Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu -- 2. Antigone's Boat: the Colonial and the Postcolonial in Tegonni: An African Antigone by Femi Osofisan -- 3. Antigone and her African Sisters: West African Versions of a Greek Original -- 4. Cross-Cultural Bonds Between Ancient Greece and Africa: Implications for Contemporary Staging Practices -- 5. The Curse of the Canon: Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not To Blame -- 6. Post-Apartheid Electra: In the City of Paradise -- 7. Sculpture at Heroes' Acre, Harare, Zimbabwe: Classical Influences? -- PART II: ENCOUNTER AND NEW TRADITIONS -- 8. Perspectives on Post-Colonialism in South Africa: the Voortrekker Monument's Classical Heritage -- 9. Imperial Reflections: The Post-Colonial Verse-Novel as Post-Epic -- 10. A Divided Child, or Derek Walcott's Post-Colonial Philology -- 11. Arriving Backwards: the Return of The Odyssey in the English-Speaking Caribbean -- 12. 'If You are a Woman': Theatrical Womanizing in Sophocles' Antigone and Fugard, Kani, and Ntshona's The Island -- 13. Finding a Post-Colonial Voice for Antigone: Seamus Heaney's Burial at Thebes -- PART III: CHALLENGING THEORY: FRAMING FURTHER QUESTIONS -- 14. 'The Same Kind of Smile?' About the 'Use and Abuse' of Theory in Constructing the Classical Tradition -- 15. From the Peloponnesian War to the Iraq War: a Post-Liberal Reading of Greek Tragedy -- 16. Western Classics, Indian Classics: Postcolonial Contestations -- 17. Shades of Multi-Lingualism and Multi-Vocalism in Modern Performances of Greek Tragedy in Post-Colonial Contexts -- 18. The Empire Never Ended -- 19. Another Architecture -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. Z.
Altri titoli varianti	Classics in postcolonial worlds
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910824779103321

Autore	Ashcroft Bill <1946-, >
Edizione	[2nd edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (296 pages)
Disciplina	820.9/9171241
Soggetto topico	Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism English literature - 20th century - History and criticism Postcolonialism - English-speaking countries Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries Postcolonialism in literature Colonies in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780203426081 113446505X 1280074671 0203426088
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Contents; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Cutting the ground: critical models of post-colonial literatures; Re-placing language: textual strategies in post-colonial writing; Re-placing the text: the liberation of post-colonial writing; Theory at the crossroads: indigenous theory and post-colonial reading; Re-placing theory: post-colonial writing and literary theory; Re-thinking the post-colonial: post-colonialism in the twenty first century; Conclusion More english than English; Readers' guide; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450934103321

Autore	Ramanathan Vaidehi <1965->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (155 p.)
Disciplina	420/.9171241
Collana	Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Soggetto topico	English language - Commonwealth countries English language - Political aspects - Commonwealth countries English language - Social aspects - Commonwealth countries English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries Languages in contact - Commonwealth countries Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-82846-3 9786610828463 9781853597712 1-85359-771-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Situating the Vernacular in a Divisive Postcolonial Landscape -- Chapter 2. Divisive Postcolonial Ideologies, Language Policies and Social Practices -- Chapter 3. Divisive and Divergent Pedagogical Tools for Vernacular and English-medium Students -- Chapter 4. The Divisive Politics of Divergent Pedagogical Practices at College Level -- Chapter 5. The Divisive Politics of Tracking -- Chapter 6. Gulfs and Bridges Revisited: Hybridity, Nativization and Other Loose Ends -- Afterword: Some Personal Notes -- Appendix 1: Details of Research Data -- Appendix 2: Some Historical Dates Marking the Enforcement of Particular Educational Policies -- Appendix 3: Divergent Minimal Levels of Learning (MLLs) for VM and EM Students -- Appendix 4: Examples from Curricula and Examination Papers -- References -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450495903321