The Place of Tears: The Novel and Politics in Modern ZimbabweThis book examines the complete opus of the recently-deceased Yvonne Vera and texts by five other acclaimed Zimbabwean writers against a backdrop of contemporary politics and literary history. The focus is on problems of literary space, which links the book to the topical Zimbabwean issue of land. |
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novel's several plot-lines22 converge on the character of Marita; she is a
privileged object of narration, although she does not herself assume the role of
narrator. The privileged (in the quantitative sense) narrative voice in the novel
belongs to ...
novel's several plot-lines22 converge on the character of Marita; she is a
privileged object of narration, although she does not herself assume the role of
narrator. The privileged (in the quantitative sense) narrative voice in the novel
belongs to ...
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Her use of the present tense ('Marita quickly finishes my small bit and then goes
to weed her share' - B, 45) may thus, on re-reading, be interpreted as either '
historical' or 'real' - or different in different parts of the text. Accordingly, the
narration ...
Her use of the present tense ('Marita quickly finishes my small bit and then goes
to weed her share' - B, 45) may thus, on re-reading, be interpreted as either '
historical' or 'real' - or different in different parts of the text. Accordingly, the
narration ...
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(Ibid) In leaving the farm, Marita demonstrates a faith in the possibility of change
implied in the word 'independence,' and initiates change herself. It is as if she is
testing the Rhodesian chronotope, to see if it is still in place. She is the only ...
(Ibid) In leaving the farm, Marita demonstrates a faith in the possibility of change
implied in the word 'independence,' and initiates change herself. It is as if she is
testing the Rhodesian chronotope, to see if it is still in place. She is the only ...
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Contents
The Novel in a House of Stone | 13 |
Modes of Reading Zimbabwean Fiction | 33 |
Writing against Rhodesian SpaceTime | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Place of Tears: The Novel and Politics in Modern Zimbabwe |
| Author | Ranka Primorac |
| Publisher | I. B. Tauris, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1845111206, 9781845111205 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / African |
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