Ato Quayson

Strategic Transformations in Nigerian Writing

Orality and History in the Work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka and Ben Okri

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

" -Abiola Irele, Ohio State University"The discussion reveals a combination of formidable analytical and critical strength with a refreshingly open-minded and sensible approach to his field." -Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 141mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780253211484
• ISBN-10: 0253211484
• Artikelnr.: 22316510

Autorenporträt

Ato Quayson is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and a Lecturer in Commonwealth and International Literature in English.

Inhaltsangabe

African Literature and the Question of Orality
Nutritive Junctures: Samuel Johnson and Yoruba Historiography
Treasures of an Opulent Fancy: Amos Tutuola and the Folktale Narrative
The Space of Transformations: Theory, Myth and Ritual in the Work of Wole
Soyinka
Narrative Through a Prism of Indigenous Beliefs: Examples from Ben Okri's
Short Stories
Harvesting the Folkloric Intuition: The Famished Road
Conclusions and Reflections
Bibliography
Index