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Postcolonial Urban Vernacular Narratives In Contemporary Britain, Kathryn N. Moss Feb 2020

Postcolonial Urban Vernacular Narratives In Contemporary Britain, Kathryn N. Moss

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation explores the ways in which three postcolonial writers in Britain (Samuel Selvon, James Kelman, and Suhayl Saadi) have used the vernacular as a medium for third person narrative fiction. In doing so, they have emphasized the legitimacy, beauty, and utility of languages sometimes considered debased and ugly even by their own speakers. I argue that this shift from the margins to the center of dialect or minority language in fiction is a radical—and relatively recent—one, beginning in the mid-twentieth century. By utilizing the vernacular as a medium for third person narratives, these authors are bringing non-prestige vernacular voices …


Modern World Literature: Contemporary Anglophone Writers, Michele Chinitz Jan 2020

Modern World Literature: Contemporary Anglophone Writers, Michele Chinitz

Open Educational Resources

This document explains how to annotate a PDF online using hypothes.is. The instructions give guidelines for producing analytical annotations that relate to the course Contemporary Anglophone Writers (Fall 2020).