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| Preface | ||
| Pt. I | Of Origins and Orality | |
| 1 | The Search for Continuity and Authenticity | 3 |
| 2 | An Impoverished Paradigm | 26 |
| Pt. II | The Arbitrariness and Specificity of Form | |
| 3 | The Importance of Genre | 45 |
| Epic | ||
| 4 | A Dubious Heroism: Epic Modalities in L'Etrange Destin de Wangrin | 51 |
| 5 | The Democratization of Epic: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu | 68 |
| Initiation Story | ||
| 6 | Authority Reconstructed: Le Regard du roi | 87 |
| 7 | An Ambiguous Quest: La Carte d'identite | 107 |
| Fable | ||
| 8 | "The Emperors New Clothes": The Lens of Fable in La Vie et demie | 125 |
| 9 | "The Mouth That Did Not Eat Itself": From Object of Representation to Medium in Devil on the Cross | 141 |
| 10 | Toward New Readings of the Novel | 154 |
| Notes | 159 | |
| Works Cited | 168 | |
| Index | 174 |
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Thomas Hower
reviewed African Novels And The Question Of Orality on April 09, 2014
African Novels And The Question Of Orality
A controversial work...it is difficult to accept that this great distinguished author (camara Laye) might not really have written a classic like The radiance of the King; then how is it that the African ambience is so convincingly enacted in the work despite the kafkaesque background? Adele King as usual does her research very well - but one is still left with lingering feeling of disbelief; even anguish...
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Add African Novels And The Question Of Orality, This is an extremely well written and carefully argued book that is quite persuasive. It should be essential reading for every scholar in African literature. —Research in African Literatures ... a bold challenge and a tool for the student as well as, African Novels And The Question Of Orality to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add African Novels And The Question Of Orality, This is an extremely well written and carefully argued book that is quite persuasive. It should be essential reading for every scholar in African literature. —Research in African Literatures ... a bold challenge and a tool for the student as well as, African Novels And The Question Of Orality to your collection on WonderClub |