Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 445 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 445 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
ISBN: 978-90-420-0763-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
The evaluations conducted in the three sections lead to the emergence of a number of common themes, in particular the writers' predilection for topicality, the role of the past, and the controversy over the idea of the nation. Central themes also include the role of women in fending for themselves, both in rural and in urban environments. A further major theme is the role of the past (the Nigerian civil war; the Mau Mau period in Kenya; the revisiting of slavery; the refurbishing of myth; the questioning of historical reconstructions). The preoccupation of the West, East, and South African novel with the idea and ideal of the 'nation' is explored, particularly in the context of migrancy, hybridity, and transculturalism characterizing the anglophone diaspora.
The volume is aimed at literary scholars and students and, more generally, readers of fiction seeking an introduction to contemporary literary developments in various parts of sub-Saharan anglophone Africa. No categorical distinction is drawn between 'popular' and 'high' literature. Though still selective and not intended as an exhaustive catalogue, the present survey covers a large number of titles. Rather than resorting to broad and ultimately somewhat abstract thematic categories, the contributors endeavour to keep control over this mass of material by applying a 'micro-thematic' taxonomy. This approach, well-tested in the tradition of literary studies within France, groups works analytically and evaluatively in terms of such categories as actional motifs, plot-frames, and sociologically relevant locations or topics, thereby enabling a clearer focus on the dynamics of preoccupation and tendency that form networks of affinity across the fiction produced in the period surveyed.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Postkoloniale Literaturen in Englisch, Englische Literatur außerhalb Europas
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen
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Introduction. Denise COUSSY: West Africa. I Past and Present. II The Civil War and its Aftermath. III A Popular Literature. IV The Seansons of Anatomy. Jacqueline BARDOLPH: East Africa: The Novel Since the Eighties. I Major Works and Displacement. II A Long Exile: Nuruddin Farah. III A Regional Literature. IV A Renewal of Themes. André VIOLA: South Africa: On the Way to Reconstruction. I Which Directions? II Searching for New Modes of Expression: Contemporary White Fiction. III The Reconstruction Debate. Works Cited. Index.