Engaging with the Poetics of Peripheralization
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Northeast Modern Language Association 2015 Conference Toronto
According to Hosam Aboul-Ela, the poetics of peripheralization differ from those of modernism: while both manifest similarly at the level of the text through experimental techniques, the former engages with the political histories and economies of peripheral regions. This panel explores the ways in which the literature of the Global South combines modernist aesthetics and a commitment to exposing the traumas and violence resulting from colonialism. How does this literature use the poetics of peripheralization to challenge structures of power?
Chairs: Jason Canniff, Jenna Sciuto
Area: AnglophoneCross: World Literatures (non-European Languages)