Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 183 p)
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22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0745314317
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0745314368
Content:
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of Africa's most controversial and renowned literary figures. This comprehensive study explores the relationship between history and narrative in his novels.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Writing Back and the Restoration of a Community/ Nation -- Nationalism, Ethnicity and Individualism -- Manufacturing Nationalism and the East African Experience -- The Postcolonial Phase -- Tracing Ngugi s Ideological Shift and Politics of Interpretation -- 1 Ngugi's Concept of History -- The Contradictions of Imagining the Nation in Earlier Works -- Deviation from the Standard Nationalist Portrayal of Guerrilla War -- The Later Novels -- Suppression and Silences -- Dependency Theory and Class Dynamics -- 2 The Changing Nature of Allegory in Ngugi s Novels -- Allegory in Ngugi's Earlier Texts -- Allegory and Postcolonial Power Relations -- Allegorical Satire and the Grotesque Image of the Body -- Ngugi's Textual Counter-discourse -- 3 Character Portrayal in Ngugi's Novels -- The Overdetermined Narrative Structure and the Victim Type in the Later Novels -- The Individualised Character: The Intellectual/ Artist Type -- 4 The Use of Popular Forms and the Search for Relevance -- The Use of Oral Tradition in Ngugi's Earlier Novels -- Redefining Oral Tradition in the Agikuyu Novel -- The Interface Between Orality and the Written -- The Fantastic, Rumour and Biblical Allusions -- Ngugi's Achievement -- 5 Allegory, Romance and the Nation: Women as Allegorical Figures in Ngugi s Novels -- Romantic Relationships as Allegorical Tropes -- The Portrayal of Women in the Earlier Novels -- Romance and the Portrayal of Women in the Later Novels -- The Problem of Women as Victims: Wanja in Petals of Blood -- Conclusion -- 6 Ngugi's Portrayal of the Community, Heroes and the Oppressed -- Narrating the Community and the Elite in Ngugi s Earlier Novels -- The Return of Heroism and the Crisis of the African Revolution -- Ngugi's Heroes: The Example of Karega in Petals of Blood.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Introduction Writing Back and the Restoration of a Community/ Nation ""; ""Nationalism, Ethnicity and Individualism ""; ""Manufacturing Nationalism and the East African Experience ""; ""The Postcolonial Phase ""; ""Tracing Ngugi s Ideological Shift and Politics of Interpretation ""; ""1 Ngugi's Concept of History ""; ""The Contradictions of Imagining the Nation in Earlier Works ""; ""Deviation from the Standard Nationalist Portrayal of Guerrilla War ""; ""The Later Novels ""; ""Suppression and Silences ""; ""Dependency Theory and Class Dynamics ""
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""2 The Changing Nature of Allegory in Ngugi s Novels """"Allegory in Ngugi's Earlier Texts ""; ""Allegory and Postcolonial Power Relations ""; ""Allegorical Satire and the Grotesque Image of the Body ""; ""Ngugi's Textual Counter-discourse ""; ""3 Character Portrayal in Ngugi's Novels ""; ""The Overdetermined Narrative Structure and the Victim Type in the Later Novels ""; ""The Individualised Character: The Intellectual/ Artist Type ""; ""4 The Use of Popular Forms and the Search for Relevance ""; ""The Use of Oral Tradition in Ngugi's Earlier Novels ""
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""Redefining Oral Tradition in the Agikuyu Novel """"The Interface Between Orality and the Written ""; ""The Fantastic, Rumour and Biblical Allusions ""; ""Ngugi's Achievement ""; ""5 Allegory, Romance and the Nation: Women as Allegorical Figures in Ngugi s Novels ""; ""Romantic Relationships as Allegorical Tropes ""; ""The Portrayal of Women in the Earlier Novels ""; ""Romance and the Portrayal of Women in the Later Novels ""; ""The Problem of Women as Victims: Wanja in Petals of Blood""; ""Conclusion ""; ""6 Ngugi's Portrayal of the Community, Heroes and the Oppressed ""
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""Narrating the Community and the Elite in Ngugi s Earlier Novels """"The Return of Heroism and the Crisis of the African Revolution ""; ""Ngugi's Heroes: The Example of Karega in Petals of Blood ""; ""Imagining the Subaltern Under Conditions of Marginality and Displacement ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""History is Subversive ""; ""Notes ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1 ""; ""Chapter 2 ""; ""Chapter 3 ""; ""Chapter 4 ""; ""Chapter 5 ""; ""Chapter 6 ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Works by Ngugi ""; ""Articles and Books ""; ""Newspapers and Magazines ""; ""Index""
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""Abdulla [Petals of Blood]"""" 29""; "" 30""; "" 31""; "" 53-4""; ""Achebe, Chinua""; "" 1""; "" 83""; ""Agikuyu community""; "" 16""; "" 135""; "" identity 41""; "" isolation 20""; "" land ownership 19-20""; "" land ownership 21""; "" meaning of names 59""; "" myth of origin 7""; "" myth of origin 17""; "" myth of origin 18""; "" myth of origin 21""; "" myth of origin 47""; "" myth of origin 88-90""; "" myth of origin 110""; "" mythology 14""; "" mythology 23""; "" mythology 46""; "" mythology 51""; "" mythology 88-91""; "" mythology 154""
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"" oathing 41""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745314365
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ngugi's Novels and African History : Narrating the Nation
Language:
English
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