Libin Libin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5604272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Libin Libin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Libin |
| FAMILY NAME | Libin |
| SIGNATURE | LIBIN L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
History and Its Doubles in Alain Mabanckou's African Psycho
Through a reading of the theme of doubleness in Alain Mabanckou’s African Psycho, a theme that also includes the extra-textual positioning of the novel as a literary double to Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, I argue that Mabanckou’s novel gestures toward a narrative double that is almost completely obscured by the narration itself, namely the traumatic legacy of ongoing civil war and strife in the Congo region. Using Achille Mbembe’s readin…
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History and Its Doubles in Alain Mabanckou's African Psycho
Through a reading of the theme of doubleness in Alain Mabanckou’s African Psycho, a theme that also includes the extra-textual positioning of the novel as a literary double to Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, I argue that Mabanckou’s novel gestures toward a narrative double that is almost completely obscured by the narration itself, namely the traumatic legacy of ongoing civil war and strife in the Congo region. Using Achille Mbembe’s readin…
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