Editorial notes: Asylum, Refugees and Postcolonial Literatures

The intersection of (postcolonial) literature, refugees and asylum, whether one wishes to emphasise continuity or rupture with earlier models and concepts, or to affirm or contest its critical utility, remains a rich and a politically timely site for debate for literary criticism. This monographi...

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Main Author: De Capitani, Lucio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2024-12-01
Series:Il Tolomeo
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2024/01/002
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spelling doaj-art-4191aead6b5b40c8a559fc1e3400b90e2024-12-09T09:31:47ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariIl Tolomeo2499-59752024-12-0126110.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2024/01/002journal_article_22378Editorial notes: Asylum, Refugees and Postcolonial LiteraturesDe Capitani, Lucio0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia The intersection of (postcolonial) literature, refugees and asylum, whether one wishes to emphasise continuity or rupture with earlier models and concepts, or to affirm or contest its critical utility, remains a rich and a politically timely site for debate for literary criticism. This monographic issue of Il Tolomeo contributes to this conversation by exploring examples of refugee/asylum literature across various historical and geographical contexts and literary traditions, and through different theoretical and methodological perspectives, including (and expanding the scope of) postcolonial ones. http://doi.org/10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2024/01/002
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