Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (205 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231126867
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0231512155
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9780231126861
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9780231512152
Serie:
The Columbia guides to literature since 1945
Inhalt:
"Composed by a premier scholar of African literature, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the literary traditions of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, five distinct countries bound by their experience with colonialism. Oyekan Owomoyela begins with an overview of the authors, texts, and historical events that have shaped the development of postwar Anglophone literatures in this region, exploring shifts in theme and the role of foreign sponsorship and illuminating recent debates regarding the language, identity, gender, and social commitments of various authors and their works. His introduction concludes with a bibliography of key critical texts
Inhalt:
Owomoyela also discusses such influences as the postwar emergence of Onitsha Market Literature, the Mbari Club, and the importance of the Noma Award."--Jacket
Inhalt:
The second half of the volume is an alphabetical tour of writers, publications, concepts, genres, movements, and institutions, with suggested readings for further research. Entries focus primarily on fiction but also touch on drama and poetry. Featured authors include Chris Abani, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cyprian Ekwensi, Uzodinma Chukuka Iweala, Helen Oyeyemi, and Wole Soyinka. Topics range from the European origins of African literature and the West African diaspora to the development of an "African personality," the establishment of a regional publishing industry, and the global literary marketplace
Inhalt:
The literary and cultural context of West African literature in English -- West African literature A-Z -- Writers and selected works
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Owomoyela, Oyekan Columbia guide to West African literature in English since 1945
Sprache:
Englisch
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Mehr zum Autor:
Owomoyela, Oyekan 1938-
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