Colonization, violence, and narration in white South African writing
Rosemary Jane Jolly • 1996 • Ohio University Press
- Author
- Rosemary Jane Jolly
- First published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Genres
- History · Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780821411315
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Published in 1996 by Ohio University Press, this academic study by Rosemary Jane Jolly emerged during a period of intense post-apartheid reflection in South African literary criticism. Jolly’s work was conceived as a rigorous examination of the intersections between historical trauma, systemic violence, and the narrative structures employed by white South African authors to make sense of their position within a fracturing colonial framework.
The book is a contribution to the field of post-colonial studies, drawing on critical theory to analyze how literature both reflects and obscures the realities of colonial power. Jolly’s analysis was received by the scholarly community as a significant attempt to move beyond purely political readings of South African literature, focusing instead on the ethical complexities of writing from a vantage point defined by colonial complicity and shifting cultural identity.
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