Frontispiece Preface Map Table List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: background to a literature: 1. Earliest beginnings 2. Historical review 3. The educational system 4. First awakenings of Black consciousness and interest in Africa 5. The birth of Negritude Part I. The Transition from Yesterday to Today: 1. The oral tradition: the role of the griot 2. The evolution of the folk-tale, short story and fable 3. The heyday of folk-lore in French West African literature 4. The rear-guard and the decline of the folk-tale 5. Legends from Central and West Africa in novels and novellas 6. The historical novel Part II. Dramatic Literature: 1. Origins and development of a French language spectacle 2. Historical and legendary drama 3. Comedy, satire and morality plays 4. Conclusion Part III. Negro-African Poetry: From Negritude to 'Disengagement': 1. The birth of Negritude 2. Conclusion Part IV. The African Novelist and the Negro-African Novel in French: 1. Towards a definition of the African novel 2. 1935-55: authors and works in the margin of commitment 3. 1954-64: Around the anti-colonialist cause: 'Romans à thèse' 4. 1958-64: period of transition: releasing the tensions of the past and drawing up blueprints for the future 1964-74: in the light of Independence 5. Familiar writers - new inspirations 6. New voices in fiction 7. Conclusion Appendix Bibliographical notes Index.
Frontispiece Preface Map Table List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: background to a literature: 1. Earliest beginnings 2. Historical review 3. The educational system 4. First awakenings of Black consciousness and interest in Africa 5. The birth of Negritude Part I. The Transition from Yesterday to Today: 1. The oral tradition: the role of the griot 2. The evolution of the folk-tale, short story and fable 3. The heyday of folk-lore in French West African literature 4. The rear-guard and the decline of the folk-tale 5. Legends from Central and West Africa in novels and novellas 6. The historical novel Part II. Dramatic Literature: 1. Origins and development of a French language spectacle 2. Historical and legendary drama 3. Comedy, satire and morality plays 4. Conclusion Part III. Negro-African Poetry: From Negritude to 'Disengagement': 1. The birth of Negritude 2. Conclusion Part IV. The African Novelist and the Negro-African Novel in French: 1. Towards a definition of the African novel 2. 1935-55: authors and works in the margin of commitment 3. 1954-64: Around the anti-colonialist cause: 'Romans à thèse' 4. 1958-64: period of transition: releasing the tensions of the past and drawing up blueprints for the future 1964-74: in the light of Independence 5. Familiar writers - new inspirations 6. New voices in fiction 7. Conclusion Appendix Bibliographical notes Index.
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