The Cambridge Companion to the African Novel - Brossura

Irele, F. Abiola

Brossura

ISBN 10: 052167168X ISBN 13: 9780521671682

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

Africa's strong tradition of storytelling has long been an expression of an oral narrative culture. African writers such as Amos Tutuola, Naguib Mahfouz, Wole Soyinka and J. M. Coetzee have adapted these older forms to develop and enhance the genre of the novel, in a shift from the oral mode to print. Comprehensive in scope, these new essays cover the fiction in the European languages from North Africa and Africa south of the Sahara, as well as in Arabic. They highlight the themes and styles of the African novel through an examination of the works that have either attained canonical status - an entire chapter is devoted to the work of Chinua Achebe - or can be expected to do so. Including a guide to further reading and a chronology, this is the ideal starting-point for students of African and world literatures.

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'... an impressive team of contributors, with a fine balance of African, North American and European, Anglophone and Francophone scholars.' SCOLMA

Descrizione del libro:

Comprehensive in scope, these new essays cover the fiction in the European languages from North Africa and Africa south of the Sahara, as well as in Arabic. Including a guide to further reading and a chronology, this is the ideal starting-point for students of African and world literatures.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 052167168X
• ISBN 13: 9780521671682
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 306