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Tintinnabulation of Literary Theory : Traversing Genres to Contemporary Experience /

There can never be literary growth in the contemporary world which is devoid of literary criticism, this is the backbone of literary theory. Literature is no longer a mere narration of stories, and prudent literary writers know that great literature is based on theoretical frameworks which give thei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nyongesa, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe : Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Limited, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • chapter one: aspects of literary theory
  • chapter two: marxist theory; 2.1 introduction; 2:2 marxism vis-a-vis the novel and the play; 2.3 marxist critique of african poetry; 2.4 marxist critique of oral literature; 2.5 marxism and drama; 2:6 conclusion
  • chapter three: the feminist theory; 3:1 introduction; 3:2 feminism and the novel; 3.5 conclusion; 3:6 feminist critique of oral literature; 3:7 feminist critique of poetry
  • chapter four: postcolonial criticism; 4.1 introduction; 4.2 definition of post colonialism; 4:3 postcolonialism in the novel and drama; 4.4 postcolonialism and african poetry; 4.5 postcolonialism and william shakespeare; 4.6 postcolonial critique of genres of oral literature; 4.7 conclusion
  • chapter five: psychoanalytic theory; 5:1 introduction; 5:2 psychoanalysis and the novel; 5.3 psychoanalysis and poetry; 5.4 psychoanalysis and oral literature; 5:5 split personality, the extension of psychoanalysis
  • chapter six: stylistics- the magic wand; 6:1 introduction; 6:2 definition of style and stylistics; 6:3 distinction of literary works by style; 6:4 stylistics and oral literature; 6.5 conclusion
  • chapter seven: philosophy and contemporary african experience; 7.1 introduction; 7.2 cultural essentialism: a sordid boon at the shores of sub-saharan africa; 7:3 postcolonialisn and the african experience; 7:4 said's orientalism and the african reality; 7:5 fanon's national culture and the african quandary; 7:6 bhabha's hibridity and the ethnic divide in africa; 7:7 radical feminism and the african experience