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The Cambridge companion to the African novel / edited by F. Abiola Irele.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Edition: Reprint editionDescription: xxii, 282 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521671682 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 809.30096 CAM 22
Contents:
Introduction: perspectives on the African novel / F. Abiola Irele -- The oral-literate interface / Olakunle George -- Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye -- Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow -- The Afrikaans novel / Christopher Warnes -- The African novel in Arabic / Shaden M. Tageldin -- The francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu -- The francophone novel in sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno -- The African historical novel / M. Keith Booker -- Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson -- The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Autobiography and Bildungsroman in African literature / Apollo Amoko -- The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua -- New voices, emerging themes / Dominic Thomas -- The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba.
Summary: This volume provides an overview of the key novels and novelists of the continent, covering multiple cultures and languages.
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First published 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: perspectives on the African novel / F. Abiola Irele -- The oral-literate interface / Olakunle George -- Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye -- Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow -- The Afrikaans novel / Christopher Warnes -- The African novel in Arabic / Shaden M. Tageldin -- The francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu -- The francophone novel in sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno -- The African historical novel / M. Keith Booker -- Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson -- The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Autobiography and Bildungsroman in African literature / Apollo Amoko -- The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua -- New voices, emerging themes / Dominic Thomas -- The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba.

This volume provides an overview of the key novels and novelists of the continent, covering multiple cultures and languages.

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