African-Language Literatures : Perspectives on isiZulu fiction and popular black television series

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African-language writing is in crisis. The conditions under which African writing developed in the past (only remotely similar to those of Western models), resulted in an inability of Eurocentric literary models to explore the hermeneutic world of African language poetics inherited from the oral and...

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Auteur principal: Mhlambi, Innocentia
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : Wits University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Zulu literature.
Language and culture.
African fiction (English)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Litterature zouloue > Histoire et critique.
Langage et culture.
Roman africain (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Zulu literature > History and criticism.
African fiction (English) > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:African-language writing is in crisis. The conditions under which African writing developed in the past (only remotely similar to those of Western models), resulted in an inability of Eurocentric literary models to explore the hermeneutic world of African language poetics inherited from the oral and the modern worlds. Existing modes of criticism in the study of this literary tradition are often unsuited for a nuanced understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic aspects at play in the composition, production and reading of these literatures. In African-Language Literatures, Innocentia Jabulisil.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781868147069

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