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Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition Book

Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition
Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition, African literature in the twentieth century has grown from the early poetry of Negritude to recent novels of magical realism. As novelists, poets, and playwrights testified to the unique qualities of their lives and societies, a new tradition began to eme, Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition has a rating of 3 stars
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Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition, African literature in the twentieth century has grown from the early poetry of Negritude to recent novels of magical realism. As novelists, poets, and playwrights testified to the unique qualities of their lives and societies, a new tradition began to eme, Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition
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  • Thresholds of Change in African Literature: The Emergence of a Tradition
  • Written by author Kenneth W. Harrow
  • Published by Heinemann, November 1993
  • African literature in the twentieth century has grown from the early poetry of Negritude to recent novels of magical realism. As novelists, poets, and playwrights testified to the unique qualities of their lives and societies, a new tradition began to eme
  • Close analyses of key texts.BooknewsInvestigates the dynamics of literary change, following the theoretical formulations of the Russian Formalists, Thomas Kuhn, and Jacques Derrida. Elaborates a model of African literature, and includes cl
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1Thresholds of Change in African Literature - The Emergence of a tradition3
2Literatures of Temoignage and the Foundations for Change33
3From Temoignage to Revolt69
4The Margins of Autobiographical Literature of Temoignage: Camara Laye, L'Enfant noir89
5Flying Without Perching - Metaphor, Proverb, and Gendered Discourse: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart109
6Of Fathers and Sons - A Cusp in African Literature: Ferdinand Oyono, Une Vie de boy; Chemin d'Europe; Le Vieux Negre et la medaille139
7The Ironic Limits of Revolt: Yambo Ouologuem, Le Devoir de violence173
8Change on the Margins: Bessie Head, The Collector of Treasures195
9Literature of the Oxymoron - The Crossed Lovers: V. Y. Mudimbe, Le Bel Immonde209
10The Still Point of Transition: Wole Soyinka, The Road; The Strong Breed; Death and the King's Horseman; "Death in the Dawn"225
11Crossing the Bridge of Change: Ahmadou Kourouma, Les Soleils des independances; Monne, outrages et defis257
12The Dance of the Creole: Henri Lopes, Le Chercheur d'Afriques291
13Wordplay at the Water's Edge: Sony Labou Tansi, La Vie et demie; Les Sept solitudes de Lorsa Lopez; Les Yeux du volcan315
Conclusion: Esu at the Crossroads343
Notes351
Words Cited363
Index371


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