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"The emotional housekeeping of the world": Affect in Alice Munro's and A. L. Kennedy's post-millennial short stories.
- Source :
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Journal of Commonwealth Literature . Jun2020, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p309-325. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In his introduction to Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature, Michael Gardiner argues for bringing together these two separate bodies of texts which are intimately joined. Within the context of the "'postcolonial' spaces of Scotland and Canada" (Gittings, 1995: 135), in this article I offer a comparative reading from the standpoint of Sara Ahmed's affect theory of the post-millennial short stories of A. L. Kennedy and Alice Munro, based on their shared belief in a transatlantic new humanism which privileges emotions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *POSTCOLONIAL literature
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219894
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Commonwealth Literature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144200414
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0021989418807241