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The Cambridge companion to the African novel

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The Cambridge companion to the African novel / edited by F. Abiola Irele.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Irele, Abiola.

Description

xxii, 282 p.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

African novel

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-271) and index.

Contents

Introduction: perspectives on the African novel / F. Abiola Irele -- The oral-literate interface / Olakunle George -- Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye -- Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow -- The Afrikaans novel / Christopher Warnes -- The African novel in Arabic / Shaden M. Tageldin -- The francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu -- The francophone novel in sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno -- The African historical novel / M. Keith Booker -- Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson -- The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- Autobiography and Bildungsroman in African literature / Apollo Amoko -- The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua -- New voices, emerging themes / Dominic Thomas -- The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba.

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