| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 152 pages) |
| Series |
African humanities series |
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African humanities series.
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| Contents |
The case for an Anglophone African literary-linguistic continuum -- Achebe and Anglophone African literary discourse -- Ngũgĩ, nativism, English and translingualism -- Gordimer, English, race and cross-cultural translation -- Farah, English and cosmopolitanism -- Anglophonism, the novel and the African literary-linguistic continuum |
| Summary |
Michael Andindilile in The Anglophone Literary-Linguistic Continuum: English and Indigenous Languages in African Literary Discourse interrogates Obi Wali's (1963) prophecy that continued use of former colonial languages in the production of African literature could only lead to 'sterility', as African literatures can only be written in Indigenous African languages. In doing so, Andindilile critically examines selected of novels of Achebe of Nigeria, Ngũgĩ of Kenya, Gordimer of South Africa and Farah of Somalia and shows that, when we pay close attention to what these authors represent about their African societies, and the way they integrate African languages, values, beliefs and cultures, we can discover what constitutes the Anglophone African literary-linguistic continuum. This continuum can be defined as variations in the literary usage of English in African literary discourse, with the language serving as the base to which writers add variations inspired by Indigenous languages, beliefs, cultures and, sometimes, nation-specific experiences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2019) |
| Subject |
Language and culture -- Africa
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Discourse analysis, Literary -- Africa
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African literature -- History and criticism
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African literature (English) -- History and criticism
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"Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides."
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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African literature
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African literature (English)
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Discourse analysis, Literary
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Language and culture
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Language and languages -- Political aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Languages -- Political aspects
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1920033246 |
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9781920033248 |
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