| Titre de série : |
African literature today, 30 |
| Titre : |
Reflections and retrospectives in African literature today |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Ernest Nneji Emenyonu (1939-....), Editeur scientifique ; Chimalum Moses Nwankwo (1949-....), Editeur scientifique |
| Editeur : |
Woodbridge - Suffolk [Royaume-Uni] : James Currey |
| Année de publication : |
2012 |
| Autre Editeur : |
Rochester - New York [États-Unis] : Boydell & Brewer |
| Collection : |
African literature today num. 30 |
| Importance : |
ix, 195 p. |
| Format : |
22 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-84701-056-8 |
| Note générale : |
Réf. bibliogr. |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Biographie et autobiographie ; Écrivains africains -- 20e siècle ; Intertextualité ; Roman africain de langue anglaise -- Histoire et critique -- 20e siècle ; Roman africain de langue française -- Histoire et critique -- 20e siècle ; Roman africain en anglais ; Roman africain en français ; Sémiotique et théorie
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| Index. décimale : |
896 Littératures africaines |
| Résumé : |
This special issue is devoted to some of the pioneer voices of African fiction in the twentieth century: Bessie Head, Cyprian Ekwensi, Dennis Brutus, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Flora Nwapa, Ousmane Sembene and Zulu Sofola. The contributors explore the development of these influential writers and their impact on the continent and beyond, through a study of their writing, sources and influences. Some also focus on case studies of specific works which are particularly important in the creative development of the author |
| Note de contenu : |
Notes on Contributors -- Editorial Article : Reflections & Retrospectives -- Articles: Gender Politics, Home & Nation in Zulu Sofola's King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion -- The Militant Writer in Sembe?ne's Early Fiction: From Le Docker noir to L'Harmattan -- Psychological Violence in Bessie Head's Maru & A Question of Power -- Constructing the Destructive City: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's People of the City -- History, Progress & Prospects in the Development of African Literature: A Tribute to Dennis Brutus -- Dispelling the Myth of the 'Silent Woman': The Nigerian Igbo Woman in Flora Nwapa's Efuru (1966) -- Interrogating Dichotomies, Reconstructing Emancipation: Bessie Head's Vision on Gender Issues -- Es'kia Mphahlele's Enduring Truth in Down Second Avenue -- A Tribute to Cyprian O.D. Ekwensi (26 September 1921 -- 4 November 2007): The Writer, the Man & His Era -- Reviews: Jack Mapanje: And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night -- Wilson Katiyo: Tsiga -- Bernth Lindfors (ed.): The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography -- Jane Katjavivi: Undisciplined Heart -- Sarah Ladipo Manyika: In Dependence -- Anne V. Adams (ed): "Essays in Honour of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70: A Reader in African Cultural Studies -- Chinua Achebe: There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra |
African literature today, 30. Reflections and retrospectives in African literature today [texte imprimé] / Ernest Nneji Emenyonu (1939-....), Editeur scientifique ; Chimalum Moses Nwankwo (1949-....), Editeur scientifique . - Woodbridge - Suffolk (Royaume-Uni) : James Currey : Rochester - New York (États-Unis) : Boydell & Brewer, 2012 . - ix, 195 p. ; 22 cm. - ( African literature today; 30) . ISBN : 978-1-84701-056-8 Réf. bibliogr. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Biographie et autobiographie ; Écrivains africains -- 20e siècle ; Intertextualité ; Roman africain de langue anglaise -- Histoire et critique -- 20e siècle ; Roman africain de langue française -- Histoire et critique -- 20e siècle ; Roman africain en anglais ; Roman africain en français ; Sémiotique et théorie
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| Index. décimale : |
896 Littératures africaines |
| Résumé : |
This special issue is devoted to some of the pioneer voices of African fiction in the twentieth century: Bessie Head, Cyprian Ekwensi, Dennis Brutus, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Flora Nwapa, Ousmane Sembene and Zulu Sofola. The contributors explore the development of these influential writers and their impact on the continent and beyond, through a study of their writing, sources and influences. Some also focus on case studies of specific works which are particularly important in the creative development of the author |
| Note de contenu : |
Notes on Contributors -- Editorial Article : Reflections & Retrospectives -- Articles: Gender Politics, Home & Nation in Zulu Sofola's King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion -- The Militant Writer in Sembe?ne's Early Fiction: From Le Docker noir to L'Harmattan -- Psychological Violence in Bessie Head's Maru & A Question of Power -- Constructing the Destructive City: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's People of the City -- History, Progress & Prospects in the Development of African Literature: A Tribute to Dennis Brutus -- Dispelling the Myth of the 'Silent Woman': The Nigerian Igbo Woman in Flora Nwapa's Efuru (1966) -- Interrogating Dichotomies, Reconstructing Emancipation: Bessie Head's Vision on Gender Issues -- Es'kia Mphahlele's Enduring Truth in Down Second Avenue -- A Tribute to Cyprian O.D. Ekwensi (26 September 1921 -- 4 November 2007): The Writer, the Man & His Era -- Reviews: Jack Mapanje: And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night -- Wilson Katiyo: Tsiga -- Bernth Lindfors (ed.): The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography -- Jane Katjavivi: Undisciplined Heart -- Sarah Ladipo Manyika: In Dependence -- Anne V. Adams (ed): "Essays in Honour of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70: A Reader in African Cultural Studies -- Chinua Achebe: There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra |
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