UB - Université de Bourgogne : EA 4182 (Maison de l'université - Esplanade Érasme - BP 27877 - 21078 Dijon cedex - France)
Abstract : The postcolonial Gothic is now a mode widely covered by literary criticism, but South Africa has often been left out of investigations. This paper argues that only now that apartheid has ended can writers and critics explore how the Gothic manifests itself in South African literature. Showing possible connections between the postcolonial Gothic and recent South African fiction, it seeks to define a new category that can help define the contours of the literary field in South Africa: post-apartheid Gothic.
Mélanie Joseph-Vilain. Something Hungry And Wild Is Still Calling: Post-Apartheid Gothic. Commonwealth Essays and Studies, Société d'étude des pays du Commonwealth, 2012, Reappraisals, 34 (2), pp.61-70. ⟨halshs-01074960⟩