An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative

219 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xv + (i) + 273. Near fine condition. "This collection of essays aims at introducing students of African literature to the heritage of the African prose narrative starting from its oral base and covering its linguistic and cultural diversity. An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative brings together essays on both the classics and the relatively new in the African prose narrative, including all its subgenres: the traditional epic, the novel, the short story and the autobiography. The chapters are arranged according to the respective thematic paradigms under which the discussed works fall.".