Alternative modernities, magical realism and world literatures of the Global South

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    Abstract

    This chapter explores the work of Gabriel García Márquez and Ngûgî wa Thiong'o in a comparative World Literature framework to assess their relationship to modernity in the Global South, focused on their shared concern with the relationship between tradition and modernity that also provides the basis for their magical realism.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEntanglements: Envisioning World Literature from the Global South
    EditorsAndrea Gremels, Maren Scheurer, Frank Schulz-Engler, Jarula M. I. Wegner
    Place of PublicationStuttgart
    PublisherIbidem Verlag
    ISBN (Print)9783838215938
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2022

    Publication series

    NameStudies in World Literature
    PublisherColumbia University Press
    Volume10

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