Intertextuality in contemporary African literature looking inward /

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Autor Principal: Ogede, Ode
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • When an elephant rustles the bush-
  • Is a picture still worth a thousand words? from documentary to investigative realism : Cyprian Ekwensi's Jagua Nana and Flora Nwapa's One is enough
  • Lampoon, or the power of savage satire, and the visual object of distaste : Chinua Achebe's A man of the people and Ayi Kwei Armah's The beautyful ones are not yet born
  • On the politics of love : Chinua Achebe's No longer at ease and Bessie Head's Maru
  • Masking the infrastuctural frame : Christopher Okigbo and his acolytes (Labyrinths' aural and thematic echoes in Okinba Launko's Minted coins and Chimalum Nwankwo's The heart in the womb)
  • Conclusion: coming out of shadow : eye on the tradition, looking for consequence.