Defining Jamaican Fiction: Marronage and the Discourse of SurvivalUniversity of Alabama Press, 1996 - 224 pages Marronage - the process of flight by slaves from servitude to establish their own hegemonies in inhospitable or wild territories - had its beginnings in the early 1500s in Hispaniola, the first European settlement in the New World. As fictional personae the maroons continue to weave in and out of oral and literary tales as central and ancient characters of Jamaica's heritage. Attributes of the maroon character surface in other character types that crowd Jamaica's literary history - resentful strangers, travelers, and fugitives; desperate misfits and strays; recluses, rejects, wild men, and outcasts; and rebels in physical and psychological wildernesses. Defining Jamaican Fiction identifies the place of Jamaican fiction in the larger regional literature and focuses on its essential themes and strategies of discourse for conveying these themes. |
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... ( Zachariah ) whose face is hideously deformed . Ridiculed by passersby , he is unable to sleep on the night before a challenging voyage , and he falls asleep at sea and goes adrift . Over the ensuing weeks he retains his sanity despite ...
... ( Zachariah ) whose face is hideously deformed . Ridiculed by passersby , he is unable to sleep on the night before a challenging voyage , and he falls asleep at sea and goes adrift . Over the ensuing weeks he retains his sanity despite ...
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... Zachariah is destructively superstitious , but it includes a close - knit system of family bonds and friendship . Through contemplation of these connec- tions , Zachariah's mind first resists the engulfing emptiness outside and ...
... Zachariah is destructively superstitious , but it includes a close - knit system of family bonds and friendship . Through contemplation of these connec- tions , Zachariah's mind first resists the engulfing emptiness outside and ...
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... Zachariah , physically lost at sea , triumphs through a rage for life and a rag- ing resistance of death . His perspective reverses the wrong values of scientific absolutism , of ignorant superstition , and of insincere religious cant ...
... Zachariah , physically lost at sea , triumphs through a rage for life and a rag- ing resistance of death . His perspective reverses the wrong values of scientific absolutism , of ignorant superstition , and of insincere religious cant ...
Table des matières
2 | 23 |
The Jamaican Outsider in the Caribbean Canon | 56 |
Jamaican Perspectives | 83 |
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action alienation alternative Antoinette Antoinette's appears associated becomes begins Britain British Caribbean central characters civilization colonial consciousness context contrast conveys Creole crucial culture defined definition describes dimensions discourse distance distinct English essentially European existence expected experience exploitation expression fact fiction forces Hamel human includes individual involves island isolation Jacko Jamaican language leave linguistic literary literature logical Lunatic madness Maroon marronage meaning metaphor mind moral mother narrative narrator nature never novel offers past perspective physical political present psychological question reader recognizes reference reflects rejection relations relationship resistance responsibility semantic semantic field sense separation setting shared shifts ship slaves social society speaker speech Standard stereotypes structure takes theme tion traditional truth turn values violence vision voice Wide Sargasso Sea wilderness woman writer