Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature: Comparative Texts and Critical Perspectives
Michael Gardiner and Graeme Macdonald
Abstract
This is a study of Scottish literature using a post-devolutionary understanding of postcolonial studies. It looks at Scottish writing in Gaelic and other non-Anglophone postcolonial literatures in English. Using a comparative model and spanning over two hundred years of literary history from the 18th century to the contemporary, this collection of nineteen chapters by some of the leading figures in the field presents a range of perspectives on Scottish and postcolonial writing. The chapters explore Scotland's position on both sides of the colonial divide and also its role as instigator of a de ... More
This is a study of Scottish literature using a post-devolutionary understanding of postcolonial studies. It looks at Scottish writing in Gaelic and other non-Anglophone postcolonial literatures in English. Using a comparative model and spanning over two hundred years of literary history from the 18th century to the contemporary, this collection of nineteen chapters by some of the leading figures in the field presents a range of perspectives on Scottish and postcolonial writing. The chapters explore Scotland's position on both sides of the colonial divide and also its role as instigator of a devolutionary process with potential consequences for British Imperialism. The book includes discussions of Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Kelman and Alasdair Gray, and considers insights offered by the work of Alice Munro, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Franz Fanon and Edward Saïd.
Keywords:
Scottish literature,
post-devolutionary understanding,
postcolonial studies,
Gaelic,
colonial divide,
instigator,
devolutionary process,
British Imperialism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780748637744 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748637744.001.0001 |
