LEADER 03406nam 22005655 450 001 9910255068403321 005 20240724140113.0 010 $a9783319513317 010 $a3319513311 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-51331-7 035 $a(CKB)4340000000061430 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-51331-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4917568 035 $a(Perlego)3497141 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000061430 100 $a20170718d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration $eEnvisioning Language /$fby Thomas Jay Lynn 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (IX, 176 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5781 311 08$a9783319513300 311 08$a3319513303 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. An Adequate Revolution: Achebe Writes Africa Anew -- 3. Of Flight, Fraud, and Freedom: Achebe's Political Tricksters.- 4. Language and Ambivalence in Achebe's Writing -- 5. Language and the Power of Subordination: Achebe's Integration of Nigerian Pidgin -- 6. Beyond Black and White: British Identity in Achebe's Fiction.- 7. Catastrophe, Aftermath, Amnesia: Chinua Achebe's "Civil Peace" -- 8. Unfolding Dialogue: Teaching Achebe's Fiction --  9. Conclusion: The Ends of Narration.-. 330 $aThis book examines vital intersections of narration, linguistic innovation, and political insight that distinguish Chinua Achebe's fiction as well as his non-fiction commentaries. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these intersections: Achebe's narrative response to Western authors who have written on Africa, his integration of Igbo folklore, the political implications of writing African literature in English, his use of Nigerian Pidgin, and the Nigerian Civil War. It also addresses the teaching of Achebe's works. Achebe drew on diverse resources to offer searching psychological and political insights that contribute not only a decidedly African political viewpoint to the modern novel, but also a more inclusive narrative consciousness. Achebe's adaptations of Igbo oral art are intrinsic to his writing's political engagement because they assert the integrity and authority of the African voice in a global order defined by colonialism. This book reveals how his work has helpedto restructure a global vision of Africa. 410 0$aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5781 606 $aAfrican literature 606 $aLiterature 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Literature 606 $aWorld Literature 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature 615 0$aAfrican literature. 615 0$aLiterature. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 14$aAfrican Literature. 615 24$aWorld Literature. 615 24$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 676 $a809.6 700 $aLynn$b Thomas Jay$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0880923 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255068403321 996 $aChinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration$91967554 997 $aUNINA