03118nam 2200673Ia 450 991078457470332120230607221030.00-253-10954-X0-253-10644-31-282-06308-19786612063084(CKB)1000000000362432(EBL)138209(OCoLC)56672652(SSID)ssj0000208440(PQKBManifestationID)11189669(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208440(PQKBWorkID)10243855(PQKB)10157654(MiAaPQ)EBC138209(OCoLC)51273599(MdBmJHUP)muse16881(Au-PeEL)EBL138209(CaPaEBR)ebr10018382(CaONFJC)MIL206308(EXLCZ)99100000000036243220020311d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa[electronic resource] /Dominic ThomasBloomington Indiana University Pressc20021 online resource (294 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34157-4 0-253-21554-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.Introduction: engineering history and engineering literature -- Official writers: the engineers of the Congolese soul -- Sony Labou Tansi: commitment, oppositionality, and resistance -- Henri Lopes: collaboration, confession, and testimony -- Emmanuel Dongala: history, memory, and reconciliation -- National conferences and media decentralization in Francophone Africa. What characterizes the relationship between literature and the state? Should literature serve the needs of the state by constructing national consciousness, espousing state propaganda, and molding good citizens. Or should it be dedicated to a different kind of creative social endeavor? In this important book about literature and the politics of nation-building, Dominic Thomas assesses the contributions of Francophone African writers whose works have played a key role in the recent transition to democracy in the Congo. Exploring the works of Sony Labou Tansi, Henri Lopes, and Emmananuel DoAfrican literature (French)History and criticismNationalism and literatureAfrica, French-speakingPolitics and literatureAfrica, French-speakingPropagandaAfrica, French-speakingAfrican literature (French)History and criticism.Nationalism and literaturePolitics and literaturePropaganda809.896840.9/358/096Thomas Dominic Richard David1472521MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784574703321Nation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa3867965UNINA