Criticism, Theory and Ideology in African Literature
Author : Olu Obafemi
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 31,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Olu Obafemi
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 31,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Chidi Amuta
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1786990032
This groundbreaking work, first published in 1989, was one of the first to challenge the conventional critical assessment of African literature, and remains highly influential today. Amuta's key argument is that African literature can be discussed only within the wider framework of the dismantling of colonial rule and Western hegemony in Africa. In exploring the possibility of a dialectical, alternative critical base, he draws upon both classical Marxist aesthetics and the theories of African culture espoused by Fanon, Cabral and Ngugi. From these explorations, Amuta derives a new language of criticism, which is then applied to works by modern African writers as diverse as Achebe, Ousmane, Agostinho Neto and Dennis Brutus. Amuta's highly original and innovative approach remains relevant not only for assessing the literature of developing countries, but for Marxist and postcolonial theories of literary criticism more generally. The author's elegance of argument and clarity of exposition makes this a distinguished and lasting contribution to debates around cultural expression in postcolonial Africa.
Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Chidi Amuta
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release :
Category : African literature
ISBN : 9781350223622
Ideological formations in the criticism of African literature -- Traditionalism and the quest for an African literary aesthetic -- Marxism and African literature -- A dialectical theory of African literature: categories and springboards -- Issues and problems in African literature: A dialectical revision -- History and the dialectics of narrative in the African novel -- Drama and revolution in Africa -- Poetry and liberation politics in Africa -- Beyond decolonization.
Author : Tejumola Olaniyan
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405112000
This is the first anthology to bring together the key texts of African literary theory and criticism. Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate Covers all genres and critical schools Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism
Author : Georg M. Gugelberger
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780865430310
Author : Eldred Durosimi Jones
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 45,99 MB
Release : 1995-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780865434417
An analysis of the literary criticism of modern African Literature.
Author : Emmanuel Ngara
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Abiola Irele
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Eldred D. Jones
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
North America: Africa World Press