Contexts Of African Literature
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Contexts Of African Literature
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Author : Albert S. Gérard
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-06-08
Contexts Of African Literature written by Albert S. Gérard and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
African Textualities
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Author : Bernth Lindfors
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 1997
African Textualities written by Bernth Lindfors and has been published by Africa World Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with African literature categories.
African literary texts can be approached in a variety of ways. They may be examined in isolation as verbal artifacts that have a unique integrity. They may be studied in relation to other texts that preceded and followed them. Or they may be seen against the backdrop of the times, traditions and circumstances that helped to shape them. In this book, all these approaches have been utilized, sometimes singly, sometimes in combination.
Ng G Wa Thiong O
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Author : Charles Cantalupo
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 1995
Ng G Wa Thiong O written by Charles Cantalupo and has been published by Africa World Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Texts and Contexts contains a generous sampling of this unprecedented historic event. Containing many of the conference's most distinguished critical discussions of Ngugi's this self-described 'unrepentant universalist' still rooted in his home of Kenya regardless of his exile. In Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Texts and Contexts, the book and the conference, as in The World of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the text upon which the conference was built, Ngugi's work becomes a site of accumulation, like many forms of African sculpture.
Oral Tradition In African Literature
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Author : Ce, Chin
language : en
Publisher: Handel Books
Release Date : 2015-09-04
Oral Tradition In African Literature written by Ce, Chin and has been published by Handel Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
This study of oral tradition in African literature is borne from the awareness that African verbal arts still survive in works of discerning writers and in the conscious exploration of its tropes, perspectives, philosophy and consciousness, its complementary realism, and ontology, for the delineation of authentic African response to memory, history and other possible comparisons with modern existence such as witnessed in recent developments of the African novel. In this series we have strived to adopt innovative and multilayered perspectives on orality or indigeneity and its manifestations on contemporary African and new literatures. These studies use multi-faceted theories of orality which discuss and deconstruct notions of history, truth-claims and identity-making, not excluding gender and genealogy (cultural and biological) studies in African contexts.
Beyond The Boundaries
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Author : Mineke Schipper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Beyond The Boundaries written by Mineke Schipper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with African literature categories.
African Oral Literature
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Author : Russell Kaschula
language : en
Publisher: New Africa Books
Release Date : 2001
African Oral Literature written by Russell Kaschula and has been published by New Africa Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Criticism categories.
Throughout Africa, oral literature is flourishing, though it is perceived by some as anachronistic to the modern world. This work refutes this idea in its entirety by presenting 22 chapters, which firmly place the study of oral literature within contemporary African existence. The study analyzes how oral literature relates to media, music, technology, text, gender, religion, power, politics and globalization.
Old Age In African Literary And Cultural Contexts
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Author : Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2021-06-15
Old Age In African Literary And Cultural Contexts written by Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Through a wide range of indigenous, postcolonial, gender and racial lenses, African writers have provided perspectives on various aspects of old age in the context of African literatures and cultures. This book illustrates how African literary and linguistic representations, ranging from short stories, novels and film to drama and theatre, give expression to ideas about old age. The perspectives offered here provide essential knowledge in understanding the uses of dichotomous age-related categories, such as old-young, elderly male-elderly female, and foreign-indigenous, which generally result in prejudice. Using ageism as its central theme, the contributions draw attention to the ambiguity associated with elderly people in African society who are often highly venerated for their wisdom, but also stereotyped because of their advanced age. However, as the book demonstrates, old age is also deeply valorised in some traditional African contexts, where older adults are regarded as indispensable members of society. It will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, and students of African studies, applied theatre studies, gerontology, postcolonialism, sociolinguistics, sociology and anthropology.
Culture Society And Politics In Modern African Literature
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Author : Tanure Ojaide
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Culture Society And Politics In Modern African Literature written by Tanure Ojaide and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
A gap exists between African literary texts and their interpretation for many scholars and readers of African literature today. Unfamiliar with the cultures, societies, and politics of Africa, some readers bring a perspective to the work that is at odds with the worldview embodied by the works themselves. In Culture, Society, and Politics in Modern African Literature, Ojaide and Obi investigate the paradoxes and ironies of a literature produced in Africa and interpreted by readers and scholars (African and non-African) who are living outside the continent. Starting from the premise that literature is a cultural production of a people, they look at some of the factors important for the interpretation and analysis of African literature, including the colonial experience of Africans, the realities of the post-independence era, and the economic conditions of African states. This book, the collaborative work of a literary scholar-poet and a sociologist, addresses the general and specific problems in the understanding of African literature and will be of interest to students and scholars, as well as to general audiences. "In sum, the individual chapters cover a wide range within African literature, geographically and linguistically, with a special focus on current trends in creative production and criticism. The book is well written, with clear and concise explanations of critical terms and concepts." -- African Studies Review
Francophone Sub Saharan African Literature In Global Contexts
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Author : Alain Mabanckou
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Francophone Sub Saharan African Literature In Global Contexts written by Alain Mabanckou and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Education categories.
"The work of polymath Jean-Francois Lyotard has proved seminal in the best sense of the word: original and historical, both fundamental and far-reaching, neither partisan nor exclusive. This retrospective volume deals with the extraordinary breadth of Lyotard's thought and his wide-ranging impact on critical thinking in the late twentieth century." --Book Jacket.
West African Literatures
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Author : Stephanie Newell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006-06-08
West African Literatures written by Stephanie Newell and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures series (general editor: Elleke Boehmer) offers stimulating and accessible introductions to definitive topics and key genres and regions within the rapidly diversifying field of postcolonial literary studies in English.This study of West African literatures interweaves the analysis of fiction, drama, and poetry with an exploration of the broader political, cultural, and intellectual contexts within which West African writers work. Anglophone literatures form the central focus of the book, with comparative comments on vernacular literature, francophone writing and oral literatures, and detailed discussion of selected francophone texts in translation (e.g., Senghor, Tadjo, Beyala, Bâ, Sembene). Movingfrom a discussion of nationalist and anti-colonial writing in the period before independence, towards the more experimental writings of contemporary authors such as Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast), Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone), and Kojo Laing (Ghana), the book constantly relates texts to the social andpolitical history of West Africa. Canonical, internationally well-known writers such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka are positioned in relation to the literary cultures and debates which surrounded them when they first produced their seminal texts; the discussions and disagreements which have grown up around their work in subsequent decades are also considered. The work of new and lesser-known writers is also considered, including Niyi Osundare (Nigeria) and Kofi Anyidoho (Ghana). In order toconvey a sense of the rich and complex societies that are clustered beneath the umbrella-term 'postcolonial', emphasis is placed on West Africa's diverse oral and popular cultures, and the ways in which local intellectuals and readers have responded to the most prominent authors through theaesthetic frameworks generated by these forms.