Dottie (novel)
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| Author | Abdulrazak Gurnah |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | 1990 |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Preceded by | Pilgrims Way |
| Followed by | Paradise |
Dottie is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah published by Jonathan Cape in 1990.[1] It is Gurnah's third novel.[2]
Unlike most of Gurnah's protagonists, the eponymous Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour, who is born in Leeds, England,[3] is not from Zanzibar.[4][3] Dottie grows up poor,[5] in a family of "ambiguously mixed origins".[3] The novel describes her struggle to serve as a parent for her brother and sister after her mother dies.[6]
Dottie alludes to the works of Charles Dickens, particularly David Copperfield and Great Expectations.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Lewis 2013, p. 42.
- ^ a b c Bungaro 2005, p. 26.
- ^ Lewis 2013, pp. 41–43.
- ^ Ajulu-Okungu 2014, p. 136.
- ^ Ajulu-Okungu 2014, p. 133.
- ^ Lewis 2013, pp. 42–43, 45.
Sources
[edit]- Ajulu-Okungu, Anne (2 October 2014). "Power and Sociality of Food and Drink in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Dottie and Pilgrim's Way". Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies. 1 (3–4): 130–139. doi:10.1080/23277408.2015.1053702. ISSN 2327-7408.
- Bungaro, Monica (July 2005). "Abdulrazak Gurnah's Dottie: A Narrative of (Un)Belonging". ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. 36 (3–4). ISSN 1920-1222.
- Lewis, Simon (May 2013). "Postmodern Materialism in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Dottie: Intertextuality as Ideological Critique of Englishness". English Studies in Africa. 56 (1): 39–50. doi:10.1080/00138398.2013.780680. ISSN 0013-8398.
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