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Author : Hans M. Zell,Carol Bundy,Virginia Coulon
Publisher : New York : Africana Publishing Company
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951001424957G
Author : Hans M. Zell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0435919997
Author : Hans M. Zell,Helene Silver
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015031010427
Author : Hans M. Zell,Helene Silver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : African literature (English)
ISBN : LCCN:76083165
Author : Hans M. Zell,Helene Silver
Publisher : Africana Pub.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0841900191
Author : G. D. Killam,Ruth Rowe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0253336333
"Refreshing..." -- African Sudies Review "The entries are knowledgeable, thorough, and clearly written.... Highly recommended... " --Choice "...an ambitious reference guide to works on African literature." - African Studies Review "This comprehensive compendium will be a handy companion for anyone working on African literatures. The entries are authoritative and up-to-date, providing reliable information on the hundreds of authors and texts that have contributed to a whole continent's literary flowering." --Bernth Lindfors A comprehensive introduction and guide to African-authored works, with over 1,000 cross-referenced entries covering classics in African writing, literary genres and movements, biographical details of authors, and wider themes linking African, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American literatures.
Author : Hans M. Zell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1103588507
Author : Hans Martin Zell,Helene Silver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:601542402
Author : Ode Ogede
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826490841
A Reader's Guide to one of the best known African novels, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
Author : Douglas Killam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313058219
As more works of African Literature are being incorporated into the Language Arts and Cultural Studies curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to offer students and educators a meaningful context in which to explore these works. As part of Greenwood's Literature as Windows to World Culture series, this volume introduces readers to the cultural concerns of 10 of Africa's most reknowned writers. Written in clear accessible language, close analysis is given for 14 novels, including Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Paton's Cry the Beloved Country, chosen because of their literary importance and the frequency with which they are assigned. The ten analysis chapters each begin with a brief account of the authors' lives and their writing careers, noting especially the experiences and influences which have shaped their writing. Following this section is a major essay on their most prominent and best known work. Discussion of the historical and cultural issues in the novels is integrated into the literary commentary. Students will gain not a deeper appreciation for the fiction, but a more solid understanding of the core historical issues and cultural concerns that influence and shape the writing. The Introduction outlines the general history and development of Sub-Saharan African Literature. The colonial experiences and postcolonial struggles, the principal subject matter of African writers, differs from region to region. The geographic organization of this guide into West, East and South Africa reflects these different perspectives. Each section ends with a list of critical works that will assist readers and researchers further their understanding of the authors and their works. Short biographical sketches on 80 authors are also provided to expand readers' contact with African literature. The index assists users in identifying not only title and authors but also major themes and topics that the writings reveal.
Author : Gareth Cornwell,Dirk Klopper,Craig Mackenzie
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231503815
From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South African literature was preoccupied with the politics of race and social engineering. Since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990, South Africa has been a new nation-in-the-making, inspired by a nonracial idealism yet beset by poverty and violence. South African writers have responded in various ways to Njabulo Ndebele's call to "rediscover the ordinary." The result has been a kaleidoscope of texts in which evolving cultural forms and modes of identity are rearticulated and explored. An invaluable guide for general readers as well as scholars of African literary history, this comprehensive text celebrates the multiple traditions and exciting future of the South African voice. Although the South African Constitution of 1994 recognizes no fewer than eleven official languages, English has remained the country's literary lingua franca. This book offers a narrative overview of South African literary production in English from 1945 to the postapartheid present. An introduction identifies the most interesting and noteworthy writing from the period. Alphabetical entries provide accurate and objective information on genres and writers. An appendix lists essential authors published before 1945.
Author : Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135314170
Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.
Author : Stephanie Newell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199273973
The Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures series (general editor: Elleke Boehmer) offers stimulating and accessible introductions to definitive topics and key genres and regions within the rapidly diversifying field of postcolonial literary studies in English.This study of West African literatures interweaves the analysis of fiction, drama, and poetry with an exploration of the broader political, cultural, and intellectual contexts within which West African writers work. Anglophone literatures form the central focus of the book, with comparative comments on vernacular literature, francophone writing and oral literatures, and detailed discussion of selected francophone texts in translation (e.g., Senghor, Tadjo, Beyala, Bâ, Sembene). Movingfrom a discussion of nationalist and anti-colonial writing in the period before independence, towards the more experimental writings of contemporary authors such as Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast), Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone), and Kojo Laing (Ghana), the book constantly relates texts to the social andpolitical history of West Africa. Canonical, internationally well-known writers such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka are positioned in relation to the literary cultures and debates which surrounded them when they first produced their seminal texts; the discussions and disagreements which have grown up around their work in subsequent decades are also considered. The work of new and lesser-known writers is also considered, including Niyi Osundare (Nigeria) and Kofi Anyidoho (Ghana). In order toconvey a sense of the rich and complex societies that are clustered beneath the umbrella-term 'postcolonial', emphasis is placed on West Africa's diverse oral and popular cultures, and the ways in which local intellectuals and readers have responded to the most prominent authors through theaesthetic frameworks generated by these forms.
Author : Maggie Humm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317341758
This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter has an easy-to-use format, comprising an introductory overview, an explanation of key themes and techniques, a detailed account of the work of specific critics, and a summary which includes critiques of the approach. Each chapter is accompanied by a guide to the primary texts and further reading.
Author : Oyekan Owomoyela
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231512155
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. 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. Owomoyela also discusses such influences as the postwar emergence of Onitsha Market Literature, the Mbari Club, and the importance of the Noma Award. Owomoyela's portrait points to the major impact of West African literature on the evolution of both African and world literatures in English. Sure to become the definitive text for research in the field, The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945 is a vital resource for newcomers as well as for advanced scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the region's rich literary heritage.
