Otherness and pathology the fragmented self and madness in contemporary African fiction /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nyongesa, Andrew Wafula, 1980- (Autor), Makokha, J. K. S. (Autor), Murimi, Gaita (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mwanaka, Tendai R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe : Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, [2021]
Temas:
African fiction > History and criticism.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Mental illness in literature.
Self in literature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Maladies mentales dans la littérature.
Altérité dans la littérature.
Roman africain > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
African fiction
Difference (Psychology) in literature
Mental illness in literature
Other (Philosophy) in literature
Self in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Otherness and Madness: Psychological and Post-colonial Reading of Selected Works of African Fiction
  • Chapter One
  • Otherness and the Fragmented Self in Contemporary African Fiction
  • 1.1 The Non-Self in Alex la Guma's A Walk in the Night
  • Synopsis of La Guma's A Walk in the Night
  • Otherness and the Fragmented Selves in La Guma's A Walk in the Night
  • The Non-self Self and the Mental: the Body as the Other in A Walk in the Night
  • Conclusion
  • 1.2 The Shattered Self and Wanner's London, Cape Town, Joburg
  • 1.3 Suicide and the Fragmented Self and Farah's Close Sesame
  • Annihilation of the other Self: Suicide and the Detestable "other" in Self
  • Demolition of Love Object: Suicide and Intimate "other" in Self
  • Annihilation of the other Self: Suicide and the Detestable "other" in Self
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Two
  • Fragmented Natures in Selected works of African Drama
  • Introduction
  • Othering and the Fragmented Self in John Ruganda's Shreds of Tenderness
  • Otherness and the Fragmented characters in Shreds of Tenderness
  • Political Otherness and the Fragmented Self: Shattered and Multiple Selves
  • Othering and the Fragmented Self: Ideological Relegation and Pathology in David Mulwa's Inheritance
  • Synopsis of Mulwa's Inheritance
  • Age Othering and Pathology: Fragmented Antagonist in Mulwa's Inheritance
  • Political Othering and the Shattered Self: Disorders of the Self at the Marginal Space
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Three
  • Otherness and Madness in African Fiction
  • Introduction
  • Gender Othering and Schizophrenia in Farah's Gifts and El Saadawi's God Dies by the Nile
  • Synopsis of Farah's Gifts and El Saadawi's God Dies by the Nile
  • Gender Othering and Pathology: multiple Selves and Madness in Gifts and God Dies by the Nile
  • Conclusion.
  • Madness and the Other in Farah's Close Sesame and Matar's The Return
  • 3.3 Political Otherness and Psychopathy in Close Sesame and The Return
  • 3.4 Racial Otherness and Pathology in The Return and Close Sesame
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Four
  • Otherness and Madness in African Drama
  • Introduction
  • 3.5 Political Otherness and Psychopathy in Three Works of Drama
  • Othering Conditions and Pathology: Schizophrenic Characters in the Three Selected Plays
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Five
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • Works Cited
  • Back cover.

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