The African imagination [[electronic resource] ] : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / / F. Abiola Irele
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| Autore: |
Irele Abiola
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| Titolo: |
The African imagination [[electronic resource] ] : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / / F. Abiola Irele
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.896 |
| 820.996 | |
| Soggetto topico: | African literature - History and criticism |
| Literature and society - Africa | |
| African diaspora | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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-Bekederemo |
| 10. Parables of the African Condition: The New Realism in African FictionNotes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 1. 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 Fict |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The African imagination |
| ISBN: | 1-280-76041-9 |
| 0-19-535881-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451077103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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