1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000020712

Autore

Némirovsky, Irène

Titolo

Suite Française / Irène, Némirovsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Francia : Denoël, 2004

ISBN

2-07-033676-X

Descrizione fisica

573 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Folio ; 4346

Disciplina

843.91

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483112603321

Titolo

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart' / / edited by Désiré Baloubi, Christina R. Pinkston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030507978

3030507971

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 205 p.)

Collana

African Histories and Modernities, , 2634-5781

Disciplina

823

823.92

Soggetti

African literature

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature

Ethnology - Africa

Culture

African Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

African Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Chapter One: Memories of Chinua Achebe at the University of Texas at Austin -- 2. Chapter Two: From the Boundaries of Storytelling to the History of a People -- 3. Chapter Three: Language Alternation Strategy: An In-depth Appraisal of Achebe's Things Fall Apart -- 4. Chapter Four: My English, My Literature: Owning our African Englishes and Literatures -- 5. Chapter Five: Linguistic Pragmatism versus Linguistic Imperialism -- 5. Chapter Six: The Role of Women in Things Fall Apart -- 7. Chapter Seven: Manhood in Things Fall Apart -- 8. Chapter Eight: Utilizing Cosmic Feminism and Critical Organic Writing (COW) to Deconstruct Female Oppression: A Connection with Women in Things Fall Apart. - 9. Chapter Nine: Encouraging American Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Teach African Languages and Cultures -- 10. Chapter Ten: Intercultural Connections: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart in Swahili Classrooms -- 11. Chapter Eleven: Studying Chinua Achebe in American Schools: A Means to an End or an End in Itself? -- 12. Chapter Twelve: Religious Violent Extremism: Lessons from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart -- 13. Chapter Thirteen: Turning the Tides for African Literary Criticism: Achebe's An Image of Africa as a Founding Text of Africana Studies -- 14. Chapter Fourteen: Chinua Achebe and Joseph Conrad: Irreconcilable Differences? -- 15. Chapter Fifteen: Things Fall Apart and the Modern African Hero. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book celebrates Chinua Achebe, one of the most profound and famous African writers of our time, and his widely read masterpiece, Things Fall Apart. The novel remains a "must read" literary text for reasons the many contributors to this book make clear in their astute readings. Their perspectives offer thought provoking and critically insightful considerations for scholars of all ages, cultures and genders.