Abstract:

Although the subject of much definitional debate, less attention has been paid to the Global South as a framework for literary analysis. I argue that this relational and comparative paradigm offers a critical vocabulary for elucidating the ways in which works of contemporary fiction are thinking along “global” axes, via analysis of three novels by writers from the African continent: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow (2004–2007–2006), Chris Abani’s The Secret History of Las Vegas (2014), and, most extensively, Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account (2014). Not only do these works emerge and explore the experiences of people from regions of the world identified as the “Global South,” they illuminate the underlying dynamics of the concept, exploring the tensions between recognition and relation as its constituting forces. In the process, all three posit possible worlds-otherwise, utopian alternatives that remain to be defined but toward which the narrative nonetheless moves.

摘要：

尽管定义辩论的主题很多，但对作为文学分析框架的全球南方的关注较少。我认为，通过分析非洲大陆作家的三部小说：Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 的巫师，这种关系和比较范式提供了一种批判性词汇，用于阐明当代小说作品沿着“全球”轴思考的方式。乌鸦(2004–2007–2006)、克里斯·阿巴尼 (Chris Abani) 的拉斯维加斯秘史(2014)，以及最广泛的莱拉·拉拉米 (Laila Lalami)的摩尔人记述(2014)。这些作品不仅出现并探索了世界上被确定为“全球南方”地区人们的经历，它们阐明了这一概念的潜在动力，探索了作为其构成力量的承认与关系之间的紧张关系。在这个过程中，所有三个都假设了可能的世界——否则，乌托邦式的替代方案仍有待定义，但叙事仍然朝着这些方向发展。