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Nation and Narration by Geoffrey Bennington, James Snead, John Barrell, Gillian Beer, Timothy Brennan, Bruce Robbins, David Simpson, Ernest Renan, Dorris Sommer, Homi K. Bhabha, Sneja Gunew, Martin Thom, Francis Mulhern, Rachel Bowlby, Simon During

msukalic's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

4.0

franfernandezarce's review against another edition

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chapters read:

"introduction: narrating the nation" by homi k. bhabha
"what is a nation?" by ernest renan
"the national longing for form" by timothy brennan
"postal politics and the institution of the nation" by geoffrey bennington
"literature--nationalism's other?" by simon during
"dissemiNation: time, narrative, and the margins of the modern nation" by homi k. bhabha

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3.0

Read for my Portuguese class.

Chapters read: 1 - 2 - 4 - 5- 8 - 10 - 13 - 16

I didn't mind the essays, though I must admit that the writing styles were not particularly engaging. Lots of repetitive walls of texts that could have been condensed in much more compact formats.
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