“Time cheats all of us like that:” Time as Writing Matter in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise
The object of this article is to delve into the issue of time in Paradise. There is a sense of chronological time in the novel, but there are also repetitive references to events, which may be read as an alternative to a conception of time as linear and teleological. Time in Gurnah’s novel is also c...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2026
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | The object of this article is to delve into the issue of time in Paradise. There is a sense of chronological time in the novel, but there are also repetitive references to events, which may be read as an alternative to a conception of time as linear and teleological. Time in Gurnah’s novel is also conceived of as phenomenological and so eminently malleable, which can be articulated with current discussions on European colonization of time. Time in the novel also complicates the coloniser/colonized binary. |
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