Postcolonial Studies: A Spiritual Turn

被引：3

作者：

Chapman, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ KwaZulu Natal, English Studies, Durban, South Africa

来源：

CURRENT WRITING-TEXT AND RECEPTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA | 2008年 / 20卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1080/1013929X.2008.9678301

中图分类号：

I [文学];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

This article invokes a paradox. Postcolonialism wishes to value the human experience in society; yet its formulations are so abstract as to distance subjective experience from its theories. If the disjunction between people's lives and academic discourse is evident in the secular world, it is acute once a religious or spiritual dimension enters the postcolonial ambit. The article seeks to turn the secular (social) demand towards a dimension of the 'sacred'. It seeks a sympathy between spiritual expression and literary-poetic expression.

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页码：67 / 76

页数：10