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050 00 $aPR9344$b.B66 1998
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aBooker, M. Keith.
245 14 $aThe African novel in English :$ban introduction /$cM. Keith Booker.
260 $aPortsmouth, NH :$bHeinemann ;$aOxford [England] :$bJ. Curry,$c©1998.
300 $axi, 227 pages ; ' ;$c23 cm.
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490 1 $aStudies in African literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Reading the African novel. -- A brief historical survey of the African novel. -- Chinua Achebe: Things fall apart. -- Buchi Emecheta: The joys of motherhood. -- Ayi Kwei Armah: The beautyful ones are not yet born. -- Ama Ata Aidoo: Our sister Killjoy. -- Nadine Gordimer: Burger's daughter. -- Alex La Guma: In the fog of the seasons' end. -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Devil on the cross. -- Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous conditions.
530 $aAlso issued online.
520 1 $a"African novels are not easy reading. The African novel differs from European and American novels in its social and historical background and in its aesthetics. African novelists make important use of formal strategies and techniques that are derived from African cultural traditions. They also make extensive use of imported European forms. As Booker explains, the African novel is a hybrid of African and imported Western literary conventions. Proper appreciation of the hybridity of African novels is one of the most important and daunting tasks facing Western readers who must resist the temptation to read African literature either according to strictly Western criteria or as exotic specimens of cultural otherness. American and European students reading African novels often have to completely overhaul lifelong habits of reading. They must keep in mind certain basic issues if they are to read African novels effectively. Postcolonial African literature reacts against decades of European colonial rule in Africa while challenging the long legacy of negative representations of Africa and Africans in European and American writing. Indeed, as Booker shows, the very choice of a language in which to write is a highly political act for an African novelist." "The role of the African novel in the restoration of African history and culture gives African literature a relevance and vitality that Western readers should find exciting. Moreover, the obvious importance of African literature to the social and political world of Africa serves to demonstrate the overall social and political importance of literature. African novels raise a number of formal and ideological issues that are different from the issues students typically meet within the European or American novel. This very difference can help students to understand Western literature better. Booker concludes that Americans and Europeans have every reason to study the African novel, in so doing they will become familiar with one of the most powerful cultural forces in the world today. They will also see their own cultures in new and exciting ways."--Jacket.
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600 10 $aAchebe, Chinua$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aDangarembga, Tsitsi$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aGordimer, Nadine$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 17 $aAchebe, Chinua.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00037402
600 17 $aDangarembga, Tsitsi.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00235288
600 17 $aGordimer, Nadine.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00052477
600 17 $aAchebe, Chinua$d1930-2013$tThings fall apart$2gnd
600 17 $aAidoo, Ama Ata$d1942-$tOur sister Killjoy or reflections from a black-eyed squint$2gnd
600 17 $aArmah, Ayi Kwei$d1939-$tThe beautyful ones are not yet born$2gnd
600 17 $aDangarembga, Tsitsi$d1960-$tNervous conditions$2gnd
600 17 $aEmecheta, Buchi$d1944-$tThe joys of motherhood$2gnd
600 17 $aGordimer, Nadine$d1923-2014$tBurger's daughter$2gnd
600 17 $aLa Guma, Alex$d1925-1985$tIn the fog of the season's end$2gnd
600 17 $aEnglisch, ...$2gnd
600 17 $aAndrae, A.$2gnd
650 0 $aAfrican fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aAfrica$xIn literature.
650 6 $aRoman africain (anglais)$y20e siècle$xHistoire et critique.
650 6 $aAfrique dans la littérature.
650 6 $aLittérature africaine (anglaise)$y20e siècle$xHistoire et critique.
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650 7 $aLiterature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00999953
651 7 $aAfrica.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01239509
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651 7 $aSubsaharisches Afrika$2gnd
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655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBooker, M. Keith.$tAfrican novel in English.$dPortsmouth, NH : Heinemann ; Oxford [England] : J. Curry, ©1998$w(OCoLC)605394781
830 0 $aStudies in African literature.
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856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b0b4-aa
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