The African imagination [[electronic resource] ] : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / / F. Abiola Irele |
Autore | Irele Abiola |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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. |
ISBN |
1-280-76041-9
0-19-535881-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451077103321 |
Irele Abiola
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The African imagination : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / / F. Abiola Irele |
Autore | Irele Abiola |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 296 pages) |
Disciplina |
809/.896
820.996 |
Soggetto topico |
African literature - History and criticism
Literature and society - Africa African diaspora |
ISBN |
0-19-772299-7
1-280-76041-9 0-19-535881-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 Fiction; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784831503321 |
Irele Abiola
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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