{"product_id":"post-monolingual-anglophone-novels","title":"Post-Monolingual Anglophone Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngaging with recent research in literary multilingualism studies, the global anglophone and comparative studies, this book theorizes the so-called post-monolingual anglophone novels. Inspired by Yasemin Yildiz’s \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Mother Tongue:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Postmonolingual Condition\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), post-monolingual anglophone novels are understood as literary texts that activate multi- and translingual strategies to mount a challenge to the “monolingual norm” and the homogenizing aspirations of English. Post-monolingual anglophone novels employ literary configurations of multi- and translingualism without ignoring the ongoing validity of the monolingual norm in the international book market and the power differentials inherent in English. This corpus of texts is therefore highly self-conscious about the use of language. As post-monolingual novels stage exchange and movement between languages, they also model, in the realm of fiction, new concepts of language. In several case studies of contemporary anglophone post-monolingual novels from different parts of the world, the book demonstrates how the post-monolingual in literature operates within different cultural and political contexts. The readings of Arundhati Roy’s \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvonne A. Owuor’s \u003ci\u003eThe Dragonfly Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, Marlon James’ \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e, J.M. Coetzee’s \u003ci\u003eThe Childhood of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e and Ocean Vuong’s \u003ci\u003eOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous \u003c\/i\u003epropose theoretically and methodologically innovative ways of engaging with literary multi- and translingualism. While the analyses focus on the post-monolingual poetics, they also direct attention to the novels’ modes of production and circulation in the anglosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410923245912,"sku":"9781032971711","price":204.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032971711.jpg?v=1768358743","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/post-monolingual-anglophone-novels","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}