Postcolonialism in the wake of the Nairobi revolution : Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the idea of African literature /

This work examines both the emergence of African literature and its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature and the processes of nationalist legitimization and between colonial and postcolonial school cultures...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amoko, Apollo Obonyo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, > 1938- > Criticism and interpretation.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, > 1938- > Influence.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, > 1938-
1900-1999
African literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Nationalism and literature > Africa.
Postcolonialism > Africa.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Littérature africaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Nationalisme et littérature > Afrique.
Postcolonialisme > Afrique.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
African literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature
Nationalism and literature
Postcolonialism
Postcolonialism in literature
Africa > In literature.
Kenya > In literature.
Afrique > Dans la littérature.
Africa
Kenya
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: pitfalls of postcolonial intellectual consciousness: African literature in the wake of the Nairobi revolution
  • Early fictions of school culture: The river between and Weep not, child
  • Later fictions of school culture: Petals of blood and Devil on the cross
  • The theaters of school culture: imaging the nation in Ngugi's plays
  • Conclusion: between irony and tragedy: Cheikh Hamidou Kane's ambiguous adventure in Ambiguous adventure.

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