“Time cheats all of us like that:” Time as Writing Matter in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise

“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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Autor principal: Chemmachery, Jaine
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Postcolonial Literatures and Arts 2026
Materias:
time
phenomelonogy
Eurochronology
Paradise waiting
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:pla_4469 https://doi.org/10.4000/1666u urn:doi:10.4000/1666u en https://journals.openedition.org/pla/4469 2026-05-04T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/1666u https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ “Time cheats all of us like that:” Time as Writing Matter in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise Postcolonial Literatures and Arts Société des Études Postcoloniales info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/3074-5136 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pla Chemmachery, Jaine time phenomelonogy Eurochronology Paradise waiting 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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topic time
phenomelonogy
Eurochronology
Paradise waiting
spellingShingle time
phenomelonogy
Eurochronology
Paradise waiting
Chemmachery, Jaine
“Time cheats all of us like that:” Time as Writing Matter in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise
description 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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title “Time cheats all of us like that:” Time as Writing Matter in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise
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title_full “Time cheats all of us like that:” Time as Writing Matter in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise
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