Jane Poyner
The Worlding of the South African Novel: Spaces of Transition
The Worlding of the South African Novel: Spaces of Transition
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The Worlding of the South African Novel explores how the socio-economic reality in South Africa has not changed despite the political transition from apartheid to democracy. Poyner argues that the novels engage with this reality through literary experiments that shape or contest the idea of the "new South Africa". They address issues such as the mediatising of truth at the TRC hearings, the shaping of an inclusive public sphere, HIV/AIDS as a site of testing capitalist modernity, white anxieties about land reform, disease as environmental injustice, and the fostering of restorative cultural memory. The novels speak to recent debates on world literature to register the "shock" of an uneven modernity produced by a capitalist world economy.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 21 August 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
The Worlding of the South African Novel emerges as a fascinating paradox, despite the significant political transition from apartheid to democracy, the socio-economic reality of South Africa remains largely unchanged. Poyner delves into how contemporary South African novels engage with this reality through various literary experiments. These novels create intellectual spaces that shape or challenge the concept of the "new South Africa." They explore themes such as the mediatization of truth during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, the complexities of dealing with a hidden past, the creation of inclusive public spheres, the impact of HIV/AIDS as a testing ground for capitalist modernity, white concerns about land reform, disease as an environmental injustice, and the fostering of a restorative cultural memory. Poyner argues that through these key nodes of intellectual thought, the novels contribute to ongoing debates on world literature, registering the "shock" of an uneven modernity resulting from the capitalist world economy.
The Worlding of the South African Novel
The Worlding of the South African Novel
The Worlding of the South African Novel
The Worlding of the South African Novel
Weight: 427g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030419394
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020
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