Trauma and transformation in African literature : writing wrongs /

This book fills a gap in the field of contemporary trauma studies by interrogating the relevance of trauma for African literatures. Kurtz argues that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise, and furthermore that the benefits of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kurtz, John Roger (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature.
Subjects:
African literature (English) > History and criticism.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Postcolonialism > Africa.
Littérature africaine (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme > Afrique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
African literature (English)
Postcolonialism
Psychic trauma in literature
Africa
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Trauma Theory, Going Global
  • Part I: Trauma and African Literature
  • 1 Trauma, the Thorn in the Spirit
  • 2 Conceptual Problems in Trauma
  • 3 Traumatomimesis and the Moral Imagination
  • 4 Trauma and the African Moral Imagination
  • Part II: Case Studies
  • 5 A State of Perpetual Emergency: Ngugi Wa Thiongo's A Grain of Wheat
  • 6 Trauma Tropes in a Nigerian Context: Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
  • 7 The Trauma of Failure: The State and the Individual in Nuruddin Farah's Crossbones
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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