Criticism, Theory and Ideology in African Literature
Author | : Olu Obafemi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Olu Obafemi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chidi Amuta |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2017-06-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1786990032 |
This groundbreaking work, first published in 1989, was one of the first to challenge the conventional critical assessment of African literature, and remains highly influential today. Amuta's key argument is that African literature can be discussed only within the wider framework of the dismantling of colonial rule and Western hegemony in Africa. In exploring the possibility of a dialectical, alternative critical base, he draws upon both classical Marxist aesthetics and the theories of African culture espoused by Fanon, Cabral and Ngugi. From these explorations, Amuta derives a new language of criticism, which is then applied to works by modern African writers as diverse as Achebe, Ousmane, Agostinho Neto and Dennis Brutus. Amuta's highly original and innovative approach remains relevant not only for assessing the literature of developing countries, but for Marxist and postcolonial theories of literary criticism more generally. The author's elegance of argument and clarity of exposition makes this a distinguished and lasting contribution to debates around cultural expression in postcolonial Africa.
Author | : Ernest Emenyo̲nu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chidi Amuta |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : |
Genre | : African literature |
ISBN | : 9781350223622 |
Ideological formations in the criticism of African literature -- Traditionalism and the quest for an African literary aesthetic -- Marxism and African literature -- A dialectical theory of African literature: categories and springboards -- Issues and problems in African literature: A dialectical revision -- History and the dialectics of narrative in the African novel -- Drama and revolution in Africa -- Poetry and liberation politics in Africa -- Beyond decolonization.
Author | : Abiola Irele |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Tejumola Olaniyan |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 2007-07-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781405112000 |
This is the first anthology to bring together the key texts of African literary theory and criticism. Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate Covers all genres and critical schools Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism
Author | : Georg M. Gugelberger |
Publisher | : Africa World Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780865430310 |
Author | : Emmanuel Ngara |
Publisher | : Heinemann Educational Publishers |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Biodun Jeyifo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chinyere Nwahunanya |
Publisher | : Arbi Pres |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780979238680 |
Nwahunanya examines major issues in contemporary literary criticism and critical theory especially as they concern African literature. Both diachronic and synchronic in his approach, he addresses mainstream issues that come under the purvey of literary criticism and literary history, the aesthetics of African poetry and the relationship between African dramatists and dramatists of the Absurd.