The Rise Of The African Novel
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The Rise Of The African Novel
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Author : Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Rise Of The African Novel written by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with African fiction categories.
"The Rise of the African Novel is the first book to situate South African and African-language literature of the late 1880s through the early 1940s in relation to the literature of decolonization that spanned the 1950s through the 1980s, and the contemporary generation of established and emerging continental and diaspora African writers of international renown. Calling it a major crisis in African literary criticism, Mukoma Wa Ngugi considers key questions around the misreading of African literature: Why did Chinua Achebe's generation privilege African literature in English despite the early South African example? What are the costs of locating the start of Africa's literary tradition in the wrong literary and historical period? What does it mean for the current generation of writers and scholars of African literature not to have an imaginative consciousness of their literary past? While acknowledging the importance of Achebe's generation in the African literary tradition, Mukoma Wa Ngugi challenges that narrowing of the identities and languages of the African novel and writer. In restoring the missing foundational literary period to the African literary tradition, he shows how early South African literature, in both aesthetics and politics, is in conversation with the literature of the African independence era and contemporary rooted transnational literatures." --
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
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 Emergence Of African Fiction
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Author : Charles R. Larson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1972
The Emergence Of African Fiction written by Charles R. Larson and has been published by Bloomington : Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Literary Criticism categories.
Includes a chapter on Camara Laye's 'Le Regard du roi'.
Passing And The Rise Of The African American Novel
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Author : Maria Giulia Fabi
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2001
Passing And The Rise Of The African American Novel written by Maria Giulia Fabi and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Criticism categories.
Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel restores to its rightful place a body of American literature that has long been overlooked, dismissed, or misjudged. This insightful reconsideration of nineteenth-century African-American fiction uncovers the literary artistry and ideological complexity of a body of work that laid the foundation for the Harlem Renaissance and changed the course of American letters. Focusing on the trope of passing -- black characters lightskinned enough to pass for white -- M. Giulia Fabi shows how early African-American authors such as William Wells Brown, Frank J. Webb, Charles W. Chesnutt, Sutton E. Griggs, James Weldon Johnson, Frances E. W. Harper, and Edward A. Johnson transformed traditional representations of blackness and moved beyond the tragic mulatto motif. Celebrating a distinctive, African-American history, culture, and worldview, these authors used passing to challenge the myths of racial purity and the color line. Fabi examines how early black writers adapted existing literary forms, including the sentimental romance, the domestic novel, and the utopian novel, to express their convictions and concerns about slavery, segregation, and racism. She also gives a historical overview of the canon-making enterprises of African-American critics from the 1850s to the 1990s and considers how their concerns about crafting a particular image for African-American literature affected their perceptions of nineteenth-century black fiction.
The African Novel In English
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Author : M. Keith Booker
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Release Date : 1998
The African Novel In English written by M. Keith Booker and has been published by Heinemann Educational Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Africa categories.
The rise to global prominence of African literature, and particularly of the African novel, is one of the most vital and dynamic developments in contemporary world culture. In his book, Keith Booker provides an introduction to eight African novels written in English. The novels Booker examines include 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 Thiong'o'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 general aesthetic, cultural, and political concerns that have motivated African authors. The selected novels also can be read and studied together thus making "The African Novel in English " and ideal textbook for university courses.
The Rise Of The Igbo Novel
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Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Rise Of The Igbo Novel 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 1978 with Literary Criticism categories.
Chaka
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Author : Thomas Mofolo
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-12-01
Chaka written by Thomas Mofolo and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-01 with Fiction categories.
Thomas Mofolo's final novel and masterpiece, Chaka captures the phenomenal rise and fall of the great Zulu king. One of the earliest modern literary classics from Southern Africa, Chaka, is the tragic tale of a warrior-king and his insatiable hunger for power. Told in a mythic style, Chaka follows the torments of the Zulu king's early life, his rapid ascension to the throne, and the prophesied events that lead to his downfall. 'Chaka is a beautifully dark and twisted take on the true life story of the Zulu King ... built around one of the most enigmatic and memorable literary figures you'd ever encounter.' Ainehi Edoro
The African Novel In English
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Author : M. Keith Booker
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1998
The African Novel In English written by M. Keith Booker and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Education categories.
In The African Novel in English Keith Booker uses eight African novels to illustrate the scopes, varieties and the general aesthetic, cultural, and political concerns that have motivated African authors.
The Literary History Of The Igbo Novel
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Author : Ernest N. Emenyonu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-02-07
The Literary History Of The Igbo Novel written by Ernest N. Emenyonu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel. Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo language, the author argues that oral and written literature in African indigenous languages hold an important foundational position in the history of African literature. Focusing on the contributions of Igbo writers to the development of African literature in African languages, the book examines the evolution, themes, and distinctive features of the Igbo novel, the historical circumstances of the rise of the African novel in the pre-colonial, era and their impact on the contemporary Igbo novel. This book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, literary history, and Igbo studies.