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To the budding creative writer : a handbook / / Roselyne M. Jua & Bate Besong



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Autore: Jua Roselyne M Visualizza persona
Titolo: To the budding creative writer : a handbook / / Roselyne M. Jua & Bate Besong Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (142 p.)
Soggetto topico: Creative writing
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Altri autori: BesongBate  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Section One - Guidepost on the Art of Writing Poetry; Preface; Aims of Poetry; Some Obstacles to Writing Successful Poetry; Synopsis for the Aspiring Poet; Modern African Poets of Exceptional Eloquence; Denotation and Connotation as Aspects of Poetic Composition; Further Comments on Selected African Poets; On Writing your Own Poem: Stylistic and Thematic Considerations; Review; Section Two - Guidepost on the Art of Prose Fiction; Preface; Writing a Fictitious Prose Narrative: Guideposts; On the Short Story and Novel
Aspects of Fiction Perspective in Fiction; Point of View; Three Basic Approaches of Point of View; Preface to Aspects of Successful African Novels; Criteria for Evaluation; Fictional Plot Structure; Stock-Taking; Plot, Theme, and Character; Section Three - Guidepost to the Art of Playwriting; Preface; When you Write your Play; Declaration of Purpose; Questions on Artistic Vision; Further Notes on Democratic Style and Structure; Afterword; Suggestions for Further Reading; Selected Bibliography; Back cover
Sommario/riassunto: To the Budding Creative Writer: A Handbook is designed to help young writers come to grips with questions and problems relative to their creative efforts. The authors discuss a range of topics, providing guidelines on such issues as style, technique, point of view, characterization, poetic diction, figurative language, denotation and connotation, etc. They equally offer useful critical comments on some of the works of accomplished African writers whom they cite as models for beginning writers, fusing literary creativity with literary criticism. All along the co-authors stress the centrality,
Titolo autorizzato: To the budding creative writer  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-19873-8
9956-717-86-X
9786613198730
9956-717-98-3
9956-615-43-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814172803321
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