The African Imagination
Literature in Africa & the Black Diaspora
1st Edition
Published in December 2001
321 pages
978-0-19-535881-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays by one of Africa's leading scholars examines African literary traditions in the broad sense, and places the work of individual authors in context. Here F. Abiola Irele presents probing critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Kamau Brathwaite, Amadou Hapae Ba, and Amadou Kourouma, among others. In addition to discussing texts central to the evolving canon of African literature, The African Imagination addresses both the growing presence of African writing in the global literary marketplace and the relationship between African intellectuals and the West.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
File size
16,55 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-19-535881-0 (9780195358810)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- 1. The African Imagination
- 2. Orality, Literacy, and African Literature
- 3. African Letters: The Making of a Tradition
- 4. Dimensions of African Discourse
- 5. Study in Ambiguity: Amadou Hampaté Bâ's: The Fortunes of Wangrin
- 6. Narrative, History, and the African Imagination: Ahmadou Kourouma's: Monnè, outrages et défis
- 7. The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's: Things Fall Apart
- 8. Return of the Native: Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Masks
- 9. A National Voice: The Poetry and Plays of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo
- 10. Parables of the African Condition: The New Realism in African Fiction
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
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