E-Book, Englisch, 142 Seiten
Reihe: Global Africa
E-Book, Englisch, 142 Seiten
Reihe: Global Africa
ISBN: 978-1-351-71118-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Challenging African literary artists and scholars to think creatively about the future of the culture and literature, this new collection of literary and cultural criticism from scholar-writer Tanure Ojaide is an essential read for students and scholars of African literature and culture.
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1. Introduction: Background;
2. John Barth and Modern African Literature: Exhaustion and Replenishment;
3. Michel Foucault and the Urhobo Udje Oral Poetic Tradition: Madness, Power, and Resistance;
4. Losing Cultural Ground in the Global Space: Africa’s Profit and Loss in Globalization;
5. Environmentalism in African Literature: Origins and Development;
6. Love, Sex, and Sexuality in African Folklore and Literature;
7. African Literature of Advocacy;
8. The New Orality in Contemporary African Literature;
9. The Present in the Everlasting: Overcoming Contemporaneity in African Poetry;
10. Literature and Political Leadership in Africa;
11. Theorizing Modern/Contemporary African Literature;
12. Conclusion: Towards a New African Literature in a Global Age.