03097nam 2200625Ia 450 991045107710332120200520144314.01-280-76041-90-19-535881-3(CKB)1000000000409505(EBL)430966(OCoLC)252640004(SSID)ssj0000099842(PQKBManifestationID)11127550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099842(PQKBWorkID)10019087(PQKB)11364226(MiAaPQ)EBC430966(Au-PeEL)EBL430966(CaPaEBR)ebr10273129(CaONFJC)MIL76041(EXLCZ)99100000000040950520001024d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe African imagination[electronic resource] literature in Africa & the Black diaspora /F. Abiola IreleOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508618-X 0-19-508619-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285) and index.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-Bekederemo10. Parables of the African Condition: The New Realism in African FictionNotes; Bibliography; Index1. The African Imagination. 2. Orality, Literacy, and African Literature. 3. African Letters: The Making of a Tradition. 4. Dimensions of African Discourse. 5. A Study in Ambiguity: Amadou Hampate Ba's The Fortunes of Wangrin. 6. Narrative, History and the African Imagination: Amadou Kourouma's Monne, outrages et defis. 7. The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. 8. The 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 FictAfrican literatureHistory and criticismLiterature and societyAfricaAfrican diasporaElectronic books.African literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and societyAfrican diaspora.809/.896820.996Irele Abiola658806MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451077103321The African imagination2230368UNINA