Oral Tradition In African Literature
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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.
Oral Literature In Africa
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Author : Ruth Finnegan
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2012-09
Oral Literature In Africa written by Ruth Finnegan and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09 with Social Science categories.
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Orature In African Literature Today
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Author : Eldred D. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 1992
Orature In African Literature Today written by Eldred D. Jones and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Palgrave Handbook Of African Oral Traditions And Folklore
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Author : Akintunde Akinyemi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-05
The Palgrave Handbook Of African Oral Traditions And Folklore written by Akintunde Akinyemi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-05 with Social Science categories.
This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve and renew the scholarship of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the Diaspora just as critical concerns about their survival are pushed to the forefront of the field. With five sections on the central themes within orality and folklore – including engagement ranging from popular culture to technology, methods to pedagogy – this handbook is an indispensable resource to scholars, students, and practitioners of oral traditions and folklore preservation alike. This definitive reference is the first to provide detailed, systematic discussion, and up-to-date analysis of African oral traditions and folklore.
The Oral And Beyond
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Author : Ruth H. Finnegan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Oral And Beyond written by Ruth H. Finnegan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Africa categories.
Africa has long been known as the oral continent, at once the home of oral literature, orature and orality, the oral background to the postcolonial literatures of today, and the inspirer of the voiced traditions of the diaspora. But does this image of Africa and orality still stand up to scrutiny? In this new synthesis of her earlier and most recent work Ruth Finnegan illustrates the continuing interest of African verbal arts and performances and reflects on the related development of 'orality' studies through the decades since the 1960s. Her provocative conclusion is that it is time to abandon the long-entrenched image of Africa as 'the oral continent' and to adopt a more critical comparative perspective on 'the oral'. RUTH FINNEGAN, FBA is Visiting Research Professor and Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University and is the author of the classic study Oral Literature in Africa North America: University of Chicago Press; South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
African Oral Literature
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Author : Isidore Okpewho
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1992-09-22
African Oral Literature written by Isidore Okpewho and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-09-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
". . . its pages come alive with wonderful illustrative material coupled with sensitve and insightful commentary." —Reviews in Anthropology " . . . the scope, breadth, and lucidity of this excellent study confirm that Okpewho is undoubtedly the most important authority writing on African oral literature right now . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Truly a tour de force of individual scholarship . . . " —World Literature Today " . . . excellent . . . " —African Affairs " . . . a thorough synthesis of the main issues of oral literature criticism, as well as a grounding in experienced fieldwork, a wide-ranging theoretical base, and a clarity of argument rare among academics." —Multicultural Review "This is a breathtakingly ambitious project . . . " —Harold Scheub " . . . a definitive accounting of the evidence of living oral traditions in Africa today. Professor Okpewho's authority as an expert in this important new field is unrivaled." —Gregory Nagy "Isidore Okpewho's African Oral Literature is a marvelous piece of scholarship and wide-ranging research. It presents the most comprehensive survey of the field of oral literature in Africa." —Emmanuel Obiechina " . . . a tour de force of scholarship in which Okpewho casts his net across the African continent, searching for its verbal forms through voluminous recent writings and presents African oral literature in a new voice, proclaiming the literariness of African folklore." —Dan Ben-Amos "This is an outstanding book by a scholar whose work has already influenced how African literature should be conceived. . . . Professor Okpewho is a scholar with a special talent to nurture scholarship in others. After this work, African literature will never be the same." —Mazisi Kunene Isidore Okpewho, for many years Professor of English at the University of Ibadan, is one of the handful of African scholars who has facilitated the growth of African oral literature to its status today as a literary enterprise concerned with the artistic foundations of human culture. This comprehensive critical work firmly establishes oral literature as a landmark of high artistic achievement and situates it within the broader framework of contemporary African culture.
Oral Literature Performance In Southern Africa
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Author : Duncan Brown
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1999
Oral Literature Performance In Southern Africa written by Duncan Brown and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Collections categories.
This work draws together contributions from literary studies, anthropology, enthnomusicology and African language studies in an analysis of the complex functioning of oral texts and models in differing contexts. The work examines the continuing role of orality in modern society, the adaptation of oral models to printed forms, and the ability of oral forms to talk back to the technology of print. North America: Ohio U Press; South Africa: David Philip(NAB)
Oral Written Poetry In African Literature Today
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Author : Eldred D. Jones
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1988
Oral Written Poetry In African Literature Today written by Eldred D. Jones and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with African poetry categories.
The contemporary poet in Africa is continuing a long tradition of poetry which in many places pre-dated the advent of writing. North America: Africa World Press
Oral Literature In Africa
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Author : Ruth H. Finnegan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1988
Oral Literature In Africa written by Ruth H. Finnegan 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 1988 with African literature categories.
This book is based only on the more obvious sources and is intended as an introduction, not as a comprehensive account. Only some examples are given from a huge field and experts in particular areas will be able to point to exceptions and omissions. Some of the conclusions too may turn out to be controversial; indeed the author hopes to stimulate further publications and study. On each chapter and each section more research could take the subject much further. But in spite of these limitations, the general purpose of the book will be fulfilled to show that African oral literature is a subject worthy of study and interest, and to provoke further research in this fascinating but too often neglected field.
Introduction To African Oral Literature And Performance
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Author : Bayo Ogunjimi
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 2005
Introduction To African Oral Literature And Performance written by Bayo Ogunjimi 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 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
Rev. ed. of: Introduction to African oral literature. c1991.