The Cambridge companion to the African novel /
The Cambridge companion to the African novel /
edited by F. Abiola Irele.
- Reprint edition.
- xxii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
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.
9780521671682 (pbk.)
African fiction--History and criticism.
--Reading book
809.30096 / CAM
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.
9780521671682 (pbk.)
African fiction--History and criticism.
--Reading book
809.30096 / CAM