The Growth Of The African Novel
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The Growth Of The African Novel
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Author : Eustace Palmer
language : en
Publisher: London ; Exeter, N.H. : Heinemann
Release Date : 1979
The Growth Of The African Novel written by Eustace Palmer and has been published by London ; Exeter, N.H. : Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Africa categories.
The Rise Of The African Novel
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Author : Mukoma Wa Ngugi
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2018-03-27
The Rise Of The African Novel written by Mukoma Wa Ngugi and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Engaging questions of language, identity, and reception to restore South African and diaspora writing to the African literary tradition
Psychological Constructs And The Craft Of African Fiction Of Yesteryears
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Author : Linus Tongwo Asong
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
Psychological Constructs And The Craft Of African Fiction Of Yesteryears written by Linus Tongwo Asong and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Literary Criticism categories.
The novel remains the most popular genre in the African literary landscape. In the very large body of criticism that has been devoted to the craft of African fiction, this very stimulating study of six African novels will hold its own distinctive place for a long while. It brings to African critical thought not only an exceptional acumen of interpretation and analysis, but something much more important to most of the previous serious literary study than mere technical dissection - a keen sense of the experience and imaginative truth that make Asong's selected African texts living books as well as authentic record of human and moral values. Many of Asong's perceptions are not only critically shrewd but humanly searching, alert to aesthetic quality and invention. No one interested in creative criticism of African fiction will read this book without finding its approach a challenge to his or her own reading of African fiction, and a stimulus to understanding the growth and enduring richness of the best of the African novel. The book balances nicely in its choice of three texts in English and three in French, the two dominant colonial languages in Africa South of the Sahara. Even more interesting is the fact that although all the French texts have been translated into English, Asong opts to treat the three in the original language in which they were conceived and executed, a decision which keeps the reader as close as possible to the original idiom.
The Growth Of African Literature
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Author : Edris Makward
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 1998
The Growth Of African Literature written by Edris Makward 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 1998 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of papers results from the 15th annual meeting of the African Literature Association which was held in Dakar, Senegal, and was the first such meeting to be held in Africa. Topics covered include approaches and literary theory, language and history, thematic analysis, and literature in the African Diaspora.
New Directions In African Literature
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Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
New Directions In African Literature written by Ernest Emenyo̲nu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with African literature (English) categories.
This volume of the historic journal African Literature Today provides an overview of the position of African literature at the end of the 20th century and an examination of the directions that African literature is now taking with new and emerging writers and the growth of writing by African women. Contributors examine the influence of new concerns such as globalization and the view from the diaspora and anticipate where this might lead the next generation of African writers. Contents: Editorial Article: New Directions in African Literature: Building on the Legacies of the 20th Century by Ernest N. Emenyonu- Articles: African Literature in the 21st Century: Challenges for Writers & Critics by Charles Nnolim-Bursting at the Seams: New Dimensions for African Literature in the 21st Century by Thomas Hale- New Trends in the Sierra Leonean Novel by Eustace Palmer- Transcultural Identity in African Narrative of Childhood by Richard Priebe-The Marks Left on the Surface; Zoe Wicomb's David's Story by Kenneth W. Harrow- Mothering Daughters: The Other Side of the Story by Monica Bungaro-Transcending the Margins: New Trends in Female Writings in Africa by Iniobong I. Uko-Rethinking Nation and Narrative in a Global Era: Recent African Writing by Nana Wilson-Tagoe-A Last Shot at the 20th Century Canon by Bernth Lindfors-Reviews.
Of War And Women Oppression And Optimism
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Author : Eustace Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 2008
Of War And Women Oppression And Optimism written by Eustace Palmer 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 2008 with Africa categories.
A supplement to Palmer's earlier works on the African novel, An Introduction to the African Novel and The Growth of the African Novel. Here, Palmer undertakes a detailed critical assessment of key novels he feels are typical of the main trends within the genre.
The Columbia Guide To East African Literature In English Since 1945
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Author : Simon Gikandi
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2007
The Columbia Guide To East African Literature In English Since 1945 written by Simon Gikandi 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 2007 with East African literature (English) categories.
The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945 challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Instead, these traditions stretch far into such neighboring countries as Somalia and Ethiopia. Simon Gikandi and Evan Mwangi assemble a truly inclusive list of major writers and trends. They begin with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Then they provide an alphabetical list of major writers and brief descriptions of their concerns and achievements. Some of the writers discussed include the Kenyan novelists Grace Ogot and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ugandan poet and essayist Taban Lo Liyong, Ethiopian playwright and poet Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Tanzanian novelist and diplomat Peter Palangyo, Ethiopian novelist Berhane Mariam Sahle-Sellassie, and the novelist M. G. Vassanji, who portrays the Indian diaspora in Africa, Europe, and North America. Separate entries within this list describe thematic concerns, such as colonialism, decolonization, the black aesthetic, and the language question; the growth of genres like autobiography and popular literature; important movements like cultural nationalism and feminism; and the impact of major forces such as AIDS/HIV, Christian missions, and urbanization. Comprehensive and richly detailed, this guide offers a fresh perspective on the role of East Africa in the development of African and world literature in English and a new understanding of the historical, cultural, and geopolitical boundaries of the region.
The African Novel In English
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Author : M. Keith Booker
language : en
Publisher: James Currey
Release Date : 1998
The African Novel In English written by M. Keith Booker and has been published by James Currey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Collections categories.
The rise to global prominence of African literature, and particularly of the African novel, has been seen by many as a vital development in contemporary world culture. Keith Booker examines are: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart; Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood; Ayi Kwei Armah's The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born; Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy; Nadine Gordimer's Burger's Daughter; Alex la Guma's In the Fog of the Seasons' End; Ngugi wa Thiongo's Devil on the Cross and Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions. Booker uses these works to illustrate the scope and variety of the African novel and the aesthetic, cultural and political concerns that have motivated African authors. The text concludes that Americans and Europeans have every reason to study the African novel, and in so doing they will become familiar with one of the most powerful cultural forces in the late-20th-century world. North America: Heinemann
New Trends Generations In African Literature
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Author : Eldred D. Jones
language : en
Publisher: James Currey
Release Date : 1996
New Trends Generations In African Literature written by Eldred D. Jones and has been published by James Currey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Professor Eldred Jones says 'African literature continues to be intensely political and seems destined to remain so for some time. The writers are in the thick of the fight for the true liberation of their countries, a position which is still fraught with dangers.' He believes that 'it is possible to distinguish in the literatures of most countries pre-independence from post-independence literature but only as trends rather than as sudden dramatic breaks.' The articles in this collection point up: The increasing importance of women writers; that war produces a significant change in focus; [and] the growth of literature of protest against the misuse of independence. Professor Jones says 'South African writers will now have to emerge from the dominating theme of apartheid into close examination of humanity in a "free" society ... The military phenomenon has provided Nigerian writers with a succession of sub-periods int heir literary history.'"--Publisher's description.
The Voice Of The Tradition In The African Novel
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Author : Dia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-10
The Voice Of The Tradition In The African Novel written by Dia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-10 with categories.
This book contributes to the growth of African Literature, particularly to the understanding of the writings of Chinua Achebe as an icon and one of the pioneers and prominent writers in African literature. It is a scholarly work that highlights lots of topical issues over the notion of genre in terms of literary theory and criticism of the African novel. Hence, it shows broadly how Achebe uses his culture or more relevantly his oral tradition to build a literary genre that is specific to him and to Africa in general. By evoking other critics and writers, this work focuses basically on Chinua Achebe's first and most famous novel, Things Fall Apart (1958) and his latest one, Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Handled through a sober style, a stylistic approach and from a postcolonial perspective, it offers a broad reflection on how the African writer uses the oral tradition to rehabilitate history and to let the oral culture survive within the written one by means of the novel as an archaeological instrument that makes people hear the voice of African oral tradition in the novel with innovative strategies and methods of putting things together. In so-doing, this work studies the interconnectedness of orality and literacy and it demonstrates the way Achebe has artistically combined different traditions - one that is supposed to be borrowed from the West and another that is rooted in his own cultural environment - which he craftily blends to produce a particular "africanized genre" as he coins and develops the concept.In reading this work, any researcher will easily find its scholarly merit in the way it has been devoted to less developed phenomena (folklore/oral aesthetics) and controversies (colonial discourse versus the postcolonial one) in the African novel to draw attention to new trends, perspectives and give way to new stylistic, critical and literary approaches of the African novel.