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Intertextuality in contemporary African literature : looking inward /
Intellectual exchange among African creative writers is the subject of this highly innovative and wide-ranging look at several forms of intertextuality on the continent. Focusing on the issue of the availability of old canonical texts of African literature as a creative resource, this study throws l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Intellectual exchange among African creative writers is the subject of this highly innovative and wide-ranging look at several forms of intertextuality on the continent. Focusing on the issue of the availability of old canonical texts of African literature as a creative resource, this study throws light on how African authors adapt, reinterpret, and redeploy existing texts in the formulation of new ones. Contemporary African writers are taking advantage of and extending the resources available in the existing native literary tradition. But the field of inter-ethnic/trans-national African ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739164488 0739164481 1283224534 9781283224536 9786613224538 6613224537 |