European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan AfricaAlbert S. Gérard John Benjamins Publishing, 1 janv. 1986 - 1288 pages The first major comparative study of African writing in western languages, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Albert S. Gérard, falls into four wide-ranging sections: an overview of early contacts and colonial developments Under Western Eyes ; chapters on Black Consciousness manifest in the debates over Panafricanism and Negritude; a group of essays on mental decolonization expressed in Black Power texts at the time of independence struggles; and finally Comparative Vistas, sketching directions that future comparative study might explore. An introductory essay stresses the millennia of writing in Africa, side by side with a richly eloquent and artistic set of vernacular oral traditions; written and oral traditions have become interwoven in adaptations of imported forms and linguistic innovations that challenge traditional high literary norms. Gérard uses the mathematical concept of fuzzy sets to explain why the focus on Black Africa has led him to set aside for future analysis the literatures produced in North Africa, which fall under the influence of Muslim civilization, as well as the diasporic literatures of the New World. Over sixty scholars from twenty-two countries contribute specialized studies of creative writing by leading authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries such as Achebe, Mphahlele, Ngugi, Senghor, Soyinka, and Tutuola. Critical analyses are organized primarily around regions, reflecting different colonial languages imposed through schools and other social institutions. Some authors trace the adaptation of western genres, others identify syncretism with folktales or myths. The volumes are attentive to the heterogeneity of national literatures addressed to polyethnic and multilingual populations, and they note the instrumental politics of language in newly independent states. A closing chapter, Tasks Ahead, identifies areas for future scholars to explore. |
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... traditional society and the claims of the new world is mainly illustrated through his love experiences. He is swayed by the old impulses of a shame-culture, where work is despised, where honour and rank are supposed to be evidenced by ...
... traditional society and the claims of the new world is mainly illustrated through his love experiences. He is swayed by the old impulses of a shame-culture, where work is despised, where honour and rank are supposed to be evidenced by ...
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... traditional gods. In addition, three Dahomean choruses completed the programme, which also included Assémien Déhylé, roi du Sanwi, a historical play presented by Ivory Coast students, one of whom was none other than Bernard Dadié (b ...
... traditional gods. In addition, three Dahomean choruses completed the programme, which also included Assémien Déhylé, roi du Sanwi, a historical play presented by Ivory Coast students, one of whom was none other than Bernard Dadié (b ...
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... traditional masks.1°2 What is more, the William-Ponty theatre adopted the Italian stage and the resulting separation of actors and audience. Contrary to what happens in traditional dramatic performances, the latter no longer took any ...
... traditional masks.1°2 What is more, the William-Ponty theatre adopted the Italian stage and the resulting separation of actors and audience. Contrary to what happens in traditional dramatic performances, the latter no longer took any ...
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... traditional Malagasy poetry, particularly the celebrated hain~teny. The merging of the French influence and the traditional poetry was to result in Rabéarivelo's own finest poetry—the merging and reconciliation, in this one poet, of the ...
... traditional Malagasy poetry, particularly the celebrated hain~teny. The merging of the French influence and the traditional poetry was to result in Rabéarivelo's own finest poetry—the merging and reconciliation, in this one poet, of the ...
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... traditional poetry and the European influences which has attracted poets as the means to create an authentic modern ... traditional hain-teny, their presence has also been noted in traditional literature by both French and Malagasy ...
... traditional poetry and the European influences which has attracted poets as the means to create an authentic modern ... traditional hain-teny, their presence has also been noted in traditional literature by both French and Malagasy ...
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| Titre | European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages |
| Rédacteur | Albert S. Gérard |
| Éditeur | John Benjamins Publishing, 1986 |
| ISBN | 9027274681, 9789027274687 |
| Longueur | 1288 pages |
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