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Metaphors of Invention and Dissension: Aesthetics and Politics in the Postcolonial Algerian Novel (Reinventing Critical Theory) by Rajeshwari S. Vallury is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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Metaphors of Invention and Dissension explores the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the postcolonial Algerian novel, examining six novels written by two Algerian authors of French expression, Tahar Djaout and Rachid Mimouni. Rajeshwari S. Vallury argues that postcolonial literature demonstrates a conscious, rational, and deliberate engagement with the question of democracy. The author shows how the metaphors of literature invent an arena or platform for the enactment of democratic
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- Author
- Rajeshwari S. Vallury
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781786603180
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Political Science, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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