Emerging Perspectives On Nuruddin Farah
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Emerging Perspectives On Nuruddin Farah
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Author : Derek Wright
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 2002
Emerging Perspectives On Nuruddin Farah written by Derek Wright 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 2002 with Somalia categories.
The first critical anthology of its kind, this is an in-depth look at Somalia's internationally acclaimed and award-winning novelist, Farah - one of Africa's most multilingual and multi-literal writers. Although since his exile in 1974 he has been influenced by many cultural trends from around the world, his writing is still very firmly rooted in the African continent which he has made his base since 1981.
Reading Nuruddin Farah
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Author : F. Fiona Moolla
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2014
Reading Nuruddin Farah written by F. Fiona Moolla and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Criticism categories.
A close analysis of Farah's novels is used to track the contradictions implicit in the notion of the modern, disengaged self and how transformations of the novel in literary history attempt to negotiate this founding contradiction.
The Disorder Of Things
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Author : John Masterson
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2013-04-01
The Disorder Of Things written by John Masterson and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. The Disorder of Things offers a reading of the Somali novelist through the prism of the French philosopher. The book argues that the preoccupations that have remained central throughout Farah’s forty year career, including political autocracy, female infibulation, border conflicts, international aid and development, civil war, transnational migration and the Horn of Africa’s place in a so-called ‘axis of evil’, can be mapped onto some key concerns in Foucault’s writing most notably Foucault’s theoretical turn from ‘disciplinary’ to ‘biopolitical’ power. In both the colonial past and the postcolonial present, Somalia is typically represented as an incubator of disorder: whether in relation to internecine conflict, international terrorism or contemporary piracy. Through his work, both fictional and non-fictional, Farah strives to present alternative stories to an expanding global readership. The Disorder of Things analyses the politics and poetics that underpin this literary project, beginning with Farah’s first fictional cycle, Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship (1979-1983), and ending with his Past Imperfect trilogy (2004-2011). Farah’s writing calls for a more refined, substantial reading of our current geo-political situation. As such, it both warrants and compels the kind of critical engagement foregrounded throughout The Disorder of Things. This book will appeal to students, academics and general readers with an interest in the interdisciplinary study of literature. Its engagement with theorists, drawn from postcolonial, feminist and development studies, set against the backdrop of a host of philosophical and sociological discourses, shows how such intellectual cross-fertilisation can enliven a single-author study.
Complicity And Responsibility In Contemporary African Writing
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Author : Minna Johanna Niemi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-03
Complicity And Responsibility In Contemporary African Writing written by Minna Johanna Niemi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book investigates the many ways in which contemporary African fiction has reflected on themes of responsibility and complicity during the postcolonial period. Covering the authors Ayi Kwei Armah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nuruddin Farah, Michiel Heyns, and J. M. Coetzee, the book places each writer’s novels in their cultural and literary context in order to investigate similarities and differences between fictional approaches to individual complicity in politically unstable situations. In doing so, the study focuses on these texts’ representations of discomforting experiences of being implicated in harm done to others in order to show that it is precisely during times of political crisis that questions of moral responsibility and implicatedness in compromised conduct become more pronounced. The study also challenges longstanding western amnesia concerning responsibility for historical and present-day violence in African countries and juxtaposes this denial of responsibility with the western literary readership’s consumption of narratives of African “suffering.” The study instead proposes new reading habits based on an awareness of readerly complicity and responsibility. Drawing insights from across political philosophy and literary theory, this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature, postcolonial studies, and peace and conflict studies.
Dealing With Evils
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Author : Annie Gagiano
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Dealing With Evils written by Annie Gagiano and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Cultural Cold War And The Global South
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Author : Kerry Bystrom
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-07-27
The Cultural Cold War And The Global South written by Kerry Bystrom and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-27 with History categories.
This volume investigates the cultural sites where the global Cold War played out. It brings to view unpredictable encounters that arose as writers, artists, filmmakers, and intellectuals from or aligned with the Third World navigated the ideological and material constraints set by superpowers and emerging regional powers. Often these encounters generated communitas and solidarity, while at times they fed old and new conflicts. Pushing forward recent scholarship that tracks the Cold War in the Global South and draws on postcolonial approaches, our contributors use archival, secondary, and ethnographic sources to trace the afterlives and memories of key figures and to explore meetings that performed cultural diplomacy. Our focus on sites of encounter or exchange underscores the situated, interpersonal, and embodied dimensions through which much of the cultural Cold War was experienced. While the global conflict divided citizens along ideological fault lines, it also linked people through circulating media—novels, film, posters, journals, and theatre—and multinational conferences that brought artists, intellectuals, and political activists together. Such contacts introduced new axes of solidarity and hierarchies of exclusion. Examining these connections and disjunctures, this new and necessary mapping of the cultural Cold War highlights under-addressed locations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Hiding In Plain Sight
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Author : Nuruddin Farah
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-06-04
Hiding In Plain Sight written by Nuruddin Farah and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Fiction categories.
When Bella, an internationally known fashion photographer, dazzling and aloof, is forced to return to Nairobi to care for her teenage niece and nephew, she feels an unfamiliar surge of protectiveness and responsibility. But when their mother unexpectedly resurfaces, reasserting her maternal rights and bringing with her a gale of chaos and confusion that mirrors the deepening political instability in the region, Bella must decide whether she can – or must – come to their rescue.
Literary Crossroads
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Author : Blessing Diala-Ogamba
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2014-11-06
Literary Crossroads written by Blessing Diala-Ogamba and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the different ways women have been liberating themselves from the shackles of patriarchy and cultural laws that inhibit their independence and freedom to show that women are also contributing meaningfully to society. Women have worked to attain freedom through speaking out, writing memoirs, fiction, plays, poetry, and essays. The creative experiences of women are captured in this book, thus fulfilling the book's aim to give women voices to air their views and show that they are effectual members of society. The book examines the roles played by patriarchy, religion, and socioeconomic and political systems that keep women to the background. It also examines the issue of education, otherhood, marginalization, cultural imposition, and the diverse positions of women in local and international affairs. The book testifies that women's literature, and the stories of women all over the world, can be appreciated and viewed from different perspectives because of the diverse cultural environment in which women find themselves. This confirms that the issue of marginalization, suppression, and oppression of women are on-going problems in different societies around the world.
Emerging Perspectives On Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo
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Author : Rose A. Sackeyfio
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-11-08
Emerging Perspectives On Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo written by Rose A. Sackeyfio and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines the fiction, poetry, drama, and feminist theory of Nigerian writer Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo. The book expands post-colonial discourse to illuminate the ways in which Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s literary works explore conventional as well as contemporary themes about women’s role and status in Nigerian society.
A History Of The Bildungsroman
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Author : Sarah Graham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-03
A History Of The Bildungsroman written by Sarah Graham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
This detailed analysis of the evolution of the Bildungsroman genre is unprecedented in its historical and geographical range.