Research Catalog

Title

The short story in South Africa : contemporary trends and perspectives / edited by Rebecca Fasselt and Corinne Sandwith.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fasselt, Rebecca, 1982-
• Sandwith, Corinne

Description

xvii, 265 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book considers the key critical interventions on short story writing in South Africa written in English since the year 2000. The short story genre, whilst often marginalized in national literary canons, has been central to the trajectory of literary history in South Africa. In recent years, the short story has undergone a significant renaissance, with new collections and young writers making a significant impact on the contemporary literary scene, and subgenres such as speculative fiction, erotic fiction, flash fiction and queer fiction expanding rapidly in popularity. This book examines the role of the short story genre in reflecting or championing new developments in South African writing and the ways in which traditional boundaries and definitions of the short story in South Africa have been reimagined in the present. Drawing together a range of critical interventions, including scholarly articles, interviews and personal reflective pieces, the volume traces some of the aesthetic and thematic continuities and discontinuities in the genre and sheds new light on questions of literary form. Finally, the book considers the place of the short story in twenty-first century writing and interrogates the ways in which the short story form may contribute to or recast ideas of the post-apartheid or post-transitional. The perfect guide to contemporary short story writing in South Africa, this book will be essential reading for researchers of African literature"--

Series Statement

Routledge contemporary South Africa

Uniform Title

Routledge contemporary South Africa.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Short stories, South African (English) > 21st century > History and criticism
• Short stories, South African (English)

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

ReCAP 22-11846

ISBN

• 9781032129150
• 1032129158

LCCN

2021048870

OCLC

1275432161

Title

The short story in South Africa : contemporary trends and perspectives / edited by Rebecca Fasselt and Corinne Sandwith.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge contemporary South Africa

Routledge contemporary South Africa.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Fasselt, Rebecca, 1982- editor.

Sandwith, Corinne, editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 22-11846