本书作者布鲁斯·金,是一位研究英国前殖民地英语文学的知名学者,《英国文学的国际化》是新世纪“牛津英国文学史”系列的中的第十三卷,也是最后一卷,时间段为1948年到2000年。本书是一部关于当代英国移民文学的历史,是第一部全面描述二战之后移居英国的有色人种作家的文学史。
本书是一部关于当代英国移民文学的历史,是第一部全面描述二战之后移居英国的有色人种作家的文学史。作者布鲁斯,金是一位研究英国前殖民地英语文学的知名学者。作者所谓的”国际化”其实是说,英国当代日渐繁荣的移民文学受到国际瞩目,已然改变了传统意义上英国文学的性质。
General Editor's Preface
Abbreviations
A Note on References
Introduction
1. The End of Imperial England and the Seeds of the New: 1948-1969
Ⅰ. New Immigrants
Ⅱ. Prose: Culture Conflict and Lonely Londoners
Ⅲ. Poetry: Swansongs, Birds of Passage
Ⅳ. Drama: West Indian Social Realists
2. Transformations: 1970-1979
Ⅰ. Ethnicity and the Myth of Revolution
Ⅱ. Prose: Some Firsts
Ⅲ. Poetry: Black Modernists
Ⅳ. Drama: West Indian Playwrights and Black Lives
3. Fragmentation and Internationalization: 198o-1989
Ⅰ. Demanding Rights
Ⅱ. Prose: From Exotic to British, Almost
Ⅲ. Poetry: Performance and Dialect
Ⅳ. Drama: Black, Black Feminist, and Asian Brecht
4. England's New English Literature: 1990-2000
Ⅰ. Celebrating Multiracial England
Ⅱ. Prose: Remapping England
Ⅲ. Poetry: Returning to the Page and the Self
Ⅳ. Drama: Histories
Conclusion
Author Bibliographies
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index