Major Voices in New Literatures in English (Hardbound - 2018)

The anthology, Major Voices in New Literatures in English, deals with varying modes of colonial and postcolonial studies in the light of constantly changing human relations and their identity with the harmonizing effect of polyphony, dissolving national, geographical, communal and religious boundaries, and disrupting all levels of hierarchy. The book proceeds with the emergence of “New Literatures” as a reaction against British colonization of the Third World territories; evolution of feminism as a reaction against physical and psychological colonization of women; prominence of multiculturalism (implication of local dialects) as a reaction against linguistic colonization; and Dalit Writing as a reaction against colonization within colonization that resulted in Bakhtin’s polyphony registering significance of all voices and recreating universal ‘glocal’ human identity.

The book is replete with the voices of resistance against the First World and counter-reaction of the Third World countries such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, South Africa, etc. to the First World. Originating from resistance against colonialism, it comes to recognition of its own identity, and finally struggles to assert its all-round genius and worth at the global platform of knowledge market. The papers included in this anthology show that the New Literatures are an evidence of polyphony (multiple voices) which has succeeded in changing the Western outlook from xenophobia to xenophelia.

It will be useful for the students and teachers in English literature, particularly New Literatures in English, and researchers in these fields.

Dr. Bishun Kumar shares his academic pursuits of knowledge and thoughts as Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow with a Doctoral Degree on Mulk Raj Anand, a major author of Cultural Studies. He has edited The Diasporic Journey: From Alienation to Celebration; and co-edited Plays of Dattani: Themes, Techniques and Issues, and Multiple Dimensions of Indian Diaspora. He has published 15 Research Papers and five Critical Essays in reputed international journals.

Dr. Bishun is assistant editor of The SPIEL Journal of English Studies, and member of the Society for the Promotion of Indian English Literature and many other academic bodies. His areas of interest are Postcolonialism, Feminism, Diaspora, Indian Theatre, and Cultural Studies.

Neha Arora is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer. She has obtained her doctoral degree on “From Margin to Mainstream: A Selected Study of Literature on Dalits”. She has co-edited one book, Plays of Dattani: Themes, Techniques and Issues. She has published 10 papers on varied themes, ranging from Dalit Literature to African and Indian English Literature in reputed national and international journals.

Neha Arora is a member of Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies and Alchemist Journal of Humanities. Her area of specialization is Dalit Literature. She has been teaching African literature, Indian Literature in English, Translation, Bhasha Literatures, and Postcolonial Literature.