Routledge Companion to Postcolonial and Decolonial Literature

<p>Working within a global frame <i>The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial and Decolonial Literature </i>considers postcolonial and decolonial literary works across multiple genres languages and both regional and transnational networks. The <i>Companion </i>extends beyond the entrenched hegemony of the postcolonial or Anglophone novel to explore other literary formations and vernacular exchanges. It foregrounds questions of language and circulation by emphasizing translation vernacularity and world literature. This text expands the linguistic regional and critical foci of the emergent field of decolonial studies pushing against the normative currents of postcolonial literary studies and offers a critical consideration of both.</p><p>The volume prioritizes new literatures and critical theories of diasporas borderlands detentions and forced migrations in the face of environmental catastrophe and political authoritarianism reframing postcolonial/decolonial literary studies through an emphasis on multilingual literatures. This will be a crucial resource for undergraduate and graduate students of postcolonial and decolonial studies.</p>