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The African imagination : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / F. Abiola Irele.
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- ISBN: 019508618X (cloth : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0195086198 (paper) :
- Physical Description: xxi, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The African imagination -- Orality, literacy, and African literature -- African letters: the making of a tradition -- Dimensions of African discourse -- Study in ambiguity: Amadou Hampaté Bâ's The fortunes of Wangrin -- Narrative, history and the African imagination: Ahmadou Kourouma's Monnè, outrages et défis -- The crisis of cultural memory in Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart -- Return of the native: Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Masks -- A national voice: the poetry and plays of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo -- Parables of the African condition: the new realism in African fiction. |
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| Subject: | African literature > History and criticism. Literature and society > Africa. African diaspora. |
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The African Imagination : Literature in Africa and the Black Diaspora
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The African Imagination | |
| 2 | Orality, Literacy, and African Literature | |
| 3 | African Letters: The Making of a Tradition | |
| 4 | Dimensions of African Discourse | |
| 5 | Study in Ambiguity: Amadou Hampate Ba's The Fortunes of Wangrin | |
| 6 | Narrative, History, and the African Imagination: Ahmadou Kourouma's Monne, outrages et defis | |
| 7 | The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart | |
| 8 | Return of the Native: Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Masks | |
| 9 | A National Voice: The Poetry and Plays of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo | |
| 10 | Parables of the African Condition: The New Realism in Arican Fiction | |
| Notes | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Index |
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