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1 Online-Ressource (vii, 164 pages)
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Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350218154
Serie:
Africa in the new millennium
Inhalt:
A Neglected Benefit -- Literature as Philosophy: A Theoretical Framework -- Chinua Achebe and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o as Political Thinkers -- Achebe's Reformist Agenda in Anthills of the Savannah -- Ngugi's Marxist Aesthetics -- Achebe and Ngugi on the African Condition -- Which Way for Africa Introduction: A Neglected Benefit -- Literature as Philosophy: A Theoretical Framework -- Chinua Achebe and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o as Political Thinkers -- Achebe's Reformist Agenda in Anthills of the Savannah -- Ngugi's Marxist Aesthetics -- Achebe and Ngugi on the African Condition -- Which Way for Africa.
Inhalt:
African Literature as Political Philosophy looks in particular at Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah and Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, but situates these within the broader context of developments in African literature over the past half-century, discussing writers from Ayi Kwei Armah to Wole Soyinka. M.S.C. Okolo provides a thorough analysis of the authors' differing approaches and how these emerge from the literature. She shows the roots of Achebe's reformism and Ngugi's insistence on revolution and how these positions take shape in their work. Okolo argues that these authors have bee
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160) and index
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Okolo, M.S.C African literature as political philosophy Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA Books ; London ; New York : In Association with Zed Books Ltd. ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Sprache:
Englisch
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350218154
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