Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys

B. W. Andrzejewski

ISBN 10: 0521126258 / ISBN 13: 9780521126250

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521126258
• ISBN 13: 9780521126250
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 880 grams

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Synopsis

Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors. Theoretical issues such as genre divisions are discussed in the essays and the historical, social and political forces at work in the creation and reception of African literature are examined. Literature is treated as an art whose medium is language, so that both the oral and written forms are encompassed. This book will be of value not only to readers concerned with the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in the literary phenomena of the world in general.

Book Description

Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors.