 | Calibrations: Reading for the Social Subjects: African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Marxist criticism; Mimesis in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Ato Quayson uses a method of reading he calls calibrations: a reading of literature with what lies beyond it as a way of understanding structures of transformation, process, and contradiction that inform both literature and society. He surveys texts ranging from Bob Marley lyrics, Toni MorrisonOCOs work, Walter BenjaminOCOs Theses on the Philosophy of History, and AlthusserOCOs reflections on political economy." |
