The people's right to the novel : war fiction in the postcolony /

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"This study offers a literary history of the war novel in Africa and argues for the genre's distinct contribution to the literary culture of the continent. The war novel is a form of people's history that participates in a political struggle for the rights of the dispossessed"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Coundouriotis, Eleni (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Sujets:
African fiction (English) > History and criticism.
African fiction (French) > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Literature and society > Africa.
Roman africain (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Roman africain (français) > Histoire et critique.
Guerre dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Afrique.
FICTION > General.
African fiction (English)
African fiction (French)
Literature
Literature and society
War in literature
Africa > In literature.
Afrique > Dans la littérature.
Africa
Africa.
Human Rights.
War novel.
gender.
humanitarianism.
naturalism.
people's history.
postcolonial studies.
war.
world novel.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Naturalism, humanitarianism, and the fiction of war
  • 1. "No innocents and no onlookers" : the uses of the past in the novels of Mau Mau
  • 2. Toward a people's history : the novels of the Nigerian Civil War
  • 3. "Wondering who the heroes were" : Zimbabwe's novels of atrocity
  • 4. Contesting the new authenticity : contemporary war fiction in Africa
  • Afterword.

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