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Indigenous literature of Oceania, a survey of criticism and interpretation, Nicholas J. Goetzfridt ; foreword by Vilsoni Hereniko

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and indexes

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Indigenous literature of Oceania

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Nicholas J. Goetzfridt ; foreword by Vilsoni Hereniko

Bibliographies and indexes in world literature,, no. 47, 0742-6801

a survey of criticism and interpretation

Oceania has a rich and growing literary tradition. The imaginative literature that emerged in the 1960s often reflected the forms and structures of European literature, though the ideas expressed were typically anticolonial. After three decades, the literature of Oceania has become much more complex, in terms of style as well as content; and authors write in a multiplicity of styles and voices. While the written literature of Oceania is continuously gaining more critical attention, questions about the imposition of European literary standards and values as a further extension of colonialism in

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Oceania, General; Pacific Islands; Aotearoa -- New Zealand; Australia; Bibliography; Title and Author Index; Critics Index; Subject Index